Visit to the former Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
Within the grounds of the former camp, visitors can discover four barracks, including the prison and the crematorium, as well as a historical museum. The gas chamber, located 1.5 km down the road, can also be visited. In 2005, the European Centre for Deported Resistance Members was inaugurated. Spanning 2,000 m2, it houses a permanent exhibition devoted to Nazism and the Resistance, educational rooms and a temporary exhibition area. Free guided tours are available for individuals every day the centre is open, at 10am, 11am, 2pm, 3pm and 3.30pm.
Information
Due to mountain weather conditions, all or part of the historic site may be closed without notice: in the event of heavy snowfall or icy conditions.
KL-Natzweiler opened in May 1941. Intended to provide the Reich with slave labour for its industry, it primarily housed political deportees, as well as Jews, gypsies, homosexuals and Jehovah's Witnesses. It also included Jewish deportees, Gypsies, homosexuals and Jehovah's Witnesses. 52,000 deportees passed through this camp (either in the central camp or in one of its 70 external camps). Nearly a third died there.
Opening hours
CONCENTRATION CAMP: Open from Tuesday to Sunday, from April 16 to September 30, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday, from October 1 to December 23, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The European Centre of Deported Resistance Members: Open from Tuesday to Sunday, from April 16 to September 30, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday, from October 1 to December 23, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
GAS CHAMBER: The gas chamber building is open at variable hours. Please inquire at the reception upon your arrival.
Ticket office closes 1 hour before the site closes.
Accessibility
- Accepted animals
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The CERD is accessible to people with reduced mobility. A lift provides access to exhibition level -1, as well as to the first floor where the cafeteria is located. All the exhibition areas are accessible, thanks in particular to gently sloping access paths. Disabled parking is also available in the car park.
Due to its geographical location, the camp is difficult to access. If you have any special needs, please go to the European Centre reception desk.
Access conditions
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Two free parking areas are available at the entrance of the European Centre of Deported Resistance Members: one for cars and one for coaches.
Visit the National Necropolis on a guided tour
9 May 2026 at 14:30
Mémoire
Free
On 5 May 1957, during a ceremony presided over by the Prefect of Bas-Rhin, the first remains of French deportees were buried, including that of the unknown deportee in the National Necropolis of Struthof. The latter was rebuked on 22 July 1960, the eve of the inauguration, under the floor of the Memorial. Between 1957 and 1962, 1,117 deportees, exhumed for their vast majority in Germany, were gradually buried in the national necropolis of the Struthof. Essentially, the bodies come from the concentration camps but also from prisons and other types of Nazi camps.
During this guided tour, you will have the opportunity to discover the necropolis with a guide-mediator.
You will plunge into the poignant history of these deportees, discovering their individual journeys, their sufferings and their tragic fates. Each burial tells a story, each engraved name evokes a life broken by Nazi barbarism.
Natzweiler
Centre européen du résistant déporté (Struthof)
Route départementale 130
67130 NATZWILLER
France
0388474467
contact.cerd@onacvg.fr