Permanent exhibition „courage and helplessness“

Protest and resistance, persecution and political incarceration are the topics of our exhibition.

„Courage and helplessness“ tells of the National Socialist military judiciary in the Second World War and of the Torgau military prisons. The focus is on the persecuted, among them deserters and other members of the resistance against the National Socialist regime.

The exhibition also covers the Soviet special camps in Torgau after 1945 and includes political prisoners during the East-German Communist dictatorship. These included teenagers in the juvenile prison in Torgau.

We show the prison conditions, shed light on the perpetrators and forge a link to the present. In interviews, former prisoners and their family members recount the consequences that political imprisonment has had to this day.

Leaflet about the exhibition (4 MB)

Opening ours

April–October: Tue–Sun 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

November–March: Tue–Sun 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Admission free

Guided tours and project days by apointment.

Access to the memorial is barrier-free.

How to find us

The Memorial Site Torgau is located in Hartenfels Castle, Wing B. The entrance is in the inner courtyard of the castle.

Free parking is available in the parking lot under the Elbe bridge (parking lot P3 in the parking guidance system of the city of Torgau).

Diese Maßnahme wird mitfinanziert durch Steuermittel auf der Grundlage des vom Sächsischen Landtag beschlossenen Haushaltes.

Gefördert durch:

Contact:
Memorial Site Torgau
Judiciary Injustice – Dictatorship – Resitance
Schloßstraße 27
04860 Torgau
Tel.: 03421 713468
Fax: 03421 714932
erinnerungsort.torgau@stsg.de

Museum Education and Public Relations
Pascal Straßer
Tel.: 03421 7739684
pascal.strasser@stsg.de