MEMORY IN PRACTICE
During World War II there were more than 400 units of collective accommodation for forced laborers in the Munich area alone. In some cases the barracks were erected in the immediate vicinity of places of work or on company premises. In others, schools, gymnasiums, or guesthouses were converted into housing. Today, there are virtually no visible signs of these historic buildings. The photographer Hadas Tapouchi visited 30 of these sites, seeking to make their former presence come alive again. The interactive map of the city invites you to document changes in the urban space yourself and to share them with others, thus forging a connection between physical historical sites and digital memory space.
List of former forced labor camps in Munich
All information are based on the data base of the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism.
Elsenheimerstraße 33a
Belgradstraße 152a
Zielstattstraße 40
Plinganserstraße 120
today Fallstraße 34
Irschenhauser Straße 10
Gmunder Straße 55
today Gmunder Straße 39
Geisenhausenerstraße 8
today Geisenhausenerstraße 6
Geisenhausenerstraße 10
today Geisenhausenerstraße 6
Boschetsrieder Straße 139a
Urbanstraße 5
Pariser Straße 35
Josephinenstraße 1
Solln, Hindenburgstraße 27
today Herterichstraße 41 (school); until 1935 Münchner Straße
Benediktbeurer Straße 3
today Maria-Einsiedel-Straße 45
Hinterbrühl 2
Boschetsrieder Straße 151b
today Drygalski-Allee 13
Schlörstraße 55
today Schäringerstraße 30
11 bis 50 Personen
Watzmannstraße 3-7
The camp housed women from the Soviet Union who had to work for the Rohde und Schwarz company at Tassiloplatz 7.
Trausnitzstraße 1
From June 1941, 20 to 30 French prisoners of war were housed in the guesthouse “Zur Winterburg”, who had to work for the working group of the ice factories (Ohlmüllerstr. 44). In July 1943, the prisoners of war were given leave and transferred to the status of civilians.
11 bis 50 Personen
Hans-Mielich-Straße 1
From spring to September 1943, ten Yugoslavs who worked for the construction company Siegfried Leichnahm as part of a construction contract for the Waffen-SS were housed in a barrack built on private property. The barrack was destroyed by air raid on 7 September 1943.
4 bis 10 Personen
Giesinger Bahnhofplatz 2
In a barrack on the grounds of the tram depot, 20 to 25 forced labourers from France, Italy and the Netherlands were housed and deployed at various work sites.
11 bis 50 Personen
Schlierseestraße 43
today Schlierseestraße 47
The camp was built in 1944 after the Cyclo Getriebebau company relocated production to the premises of the Munich export malt factory in Wirtstraße at the new company location. Around 30 forced labourers were accommodated until the end of the war.
11 bis 50 Personen
Wirtstraße 3
today Martin-Luther-Straße 26
Sixteen forced labourers from Italy and Czechoslovakia were housed in a building on the company’s camp site.
11 bis 50 Personen
Gerhardstraße 23