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.
Exhibition: Before horror, another Struthof
From 18 Sept 2026 to 27 Aug 2027
Exposition temporaire<br>Mémoire
Free
This exhibition proposes to discover the history of the "Struthof" before the creation of the Natzweiler concentration camp. Long associated with the only memory of deportation, the site was previously a place of life, agricultural work, tourism and resort in the heart of the Vosges.
Through unpublished archives, old photographs, postcards, films, objects and testimonies, the route traces the evolution of the site from the first farms from the 18th century to 1940. The visitor discovers the families who shaped these mountain landscapes, the development of farms and pastures, and then the rise of a tourist activity based on hiking, winter sports and the reception of holidaymakers.
The exhibition also highlights the "Villa des Genêts d'or", the architectural transformations of the site and the profound economic and social changes that marked the Bruche valley. It finally shows how this place of leisure and relaxation was gradually caught up in the upheavals of European history before becoming, from 1941, a place of concentration terror.
In revealing this unknown history, the exhibition invites us to look at the "Struthof" and understand the historical depth of a place whose memory far exceeds the camp period.
Natzweiler
Centre européen du résistant déporté (Struthof)
Route départementale 130
67130 NATZWILLER
France
0388474467
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