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.
From November 1942 until the end of the war, the construction company Hagenberger employed the work detail 3244 of Stalag VIIa, consisting of five French prisoners of war who were housed on the company premises.
4 bis 10 Personen
Maxhofstraße 42
From 1 February 1943, the camp housed the work detail 3007/4 of Stalag VIIa Moosburg, consisting of about 50 Soviet prisoners of war who had to work for the neighbouring aluminium factory Mößner & Thurner. It was guarded by members of the armed forces. On 21 April 1945, the camp was destroyed in an air raid. Several prisoners of war were killed.
51 bis 100 Personen
Unterbiberger Straße 37
51 bis 100 Personen
Infanteriestraße 13
51 bis 100 Personen
Kazmairstraße 44
4 bis 10 Personen
Dachauer Straße 140
The camp consisted of several barracks built in 1940 by the Stöhr construction company. They housed up to 50 French prisoners of war, who were transferred to the status of civilian workers in 1943. They worked mainly for the Stöhr company, but also for other firms. During an air raid on 7 September 1943, part of the camp was destroyed and a replacement camp was subsequently built.
51 bis 100 Personen
Hohenschwangauplatz
51 bis 100 Personen
Wolfratshauser Straße 20
today Plinganserstraße 150
In the air raid of 21/22 December 1942, one camp barrack was destroyed, and in the raid of 6/7 September 1943, almost the entire company premises were destroyed. The camp housed, among others, the work detail 2204 of Stalag VIIa with 40 to 50 French prisoners of war, who were available as labourers in the construction of the barracks and, in July 1943, for the city of Munich to use for work after air raids.
51 bis 100 Personen
Forstenried 79
today Forstenrieder Allee 130
51 bis 100 Personen
Andréestraße 7
4 bis 10 Personen
Lerchenauer Straße 44
4 bis 10 Personen
Sachsenstraße
51 bis 100 Personen
Schleißheimer Straße 398
4 bis 10 Personen
Gmunder Straße 14
From autumn 1941 until the end of the war, the Fürstenried municipal estate administration employed the work detail 2490 of Stalag VIIa consisting of 10 French prisoners of war who were used for agricultural work.
4 bis 10 Personen
Forst-Kasten-Allee 103
101 bis 500 Personen
Wörthstraße 2
101 bis 500 Personen
Goteboldstraße 181
The camp was built in mid-1941 in the far north of the BMW factory grounds on the Würm Canal. It consisted of 9 barracks, which initially housed about 150 civilian workers from Russia and the Ukraine, and later also prisoners of war.
501 bis 1000 Personen
Dachauer Straße (today Nr. 667)
In the rear building of the estate of the farmer Josef Folser in Großhadern, about 40 French prisoners of war were housed from summer 1940 onwards, the work details 439 and 2503 of Stalag VIIa. They had to work for various farmers and gardeners in the village.
11 bis 50 Personen
Heiglstraße 7, Großhadern
today Heiglhofstraße 8
The camp was located in the “Oberlandsiedlung” built by the construction company Emil Ludwig. From 1 October 1940 to 30 September 1943, 26 French prisoners of war (work detail 2328) were housed here, who had to work for the company. 9 prisoners were then released from captivity. The rest then had to stay on site as work detail 3285 until the end of the war.
11 bis 50 Personen
Forstenrieder Straße 150
today Einhornallee 8
11 bis 50 Personen
Bergmannstraße 36
The camp existed from October to December 1944 and housed up to 20 prisoners from the Dachau concentration camp who were assigned to clean up Munich and were housed in a private villa.
11 bis 50 Personen
Höchlstraße
Exact location (house number) unknown
4 bis 10 Personen
Leopoldstraße
Augustenstraße 40
Bereiteranger 15