Gedenkstätte Hadamar

Name

Gedenkstätte Hadamar

Legal name

Landeswohlfahrtsverband Hessen (LWV Hessen)

Website

https://gedenkstaette-hadamar.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Memorial Museum and Historical Education

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (7121), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712), Historical Sites (712120), Museums (71211)

akta.pro primary industry

History Museums (THAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Museums & Heritage Sites (History, Science, Specialty) (BPAGAHAA), Museum & Landmark Guided Tours (Skip-the-line/Docent-led) (THAJAAAC), History, Heritage & Museum-Focused Study Tours (THAKAGAN), Historic Preservation & Conservation Planning (BPAHAKAH)

Keywords

• Memorial museum services
• Historical political education
• Guided remembrance tours
• Archive research services
• Victims commemoration programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Hadamar

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Funding and Donations: As a public memorial museum operated by Landeswohlfahrtsverband Hessen (LWV), Gedenkstätte Hadamar is primarily funded through government funding from Land Hessen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, and LWV Hessen. Additional support comes from Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung. The memorial also receives donations through its support association (Förderverein).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Gedenkstätte Hadamar is a public memorial museum operating at the former Nazi T4 killing center in Hadamar, Hesse, where approximately 15,000 people were murdered between 1941 and 1945. It delivers historical and political education through guided tours, study days, multi-day educational project programs, cultural events (readings, theater, concerts), and archival research services, while also developing a second memorial and learning site at Kalmenhof in Idstein. All programs and admission are free of charge to the public.

Product overview

Gedenkstätte Hadamar operates as a memorial museum with a portfolio of educational and commemorative offerings. The core product is the memorial museum itself, which commemorates victims of Nazi 'euthanasia' crimes. Related offerings include the developing Gedenk- und Lernort Kalmenhof memorial site in Idstein, guided tours and educational programs for groups, cultural events, and research/archive services. These products share the unified mission of remembrance, historical education, and political education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gedenkstätte Hadamar Memorial Museum Memorial museum at the former Nazi T4 killing center in Hadamar commemorating victims of Nazi 'euthanasia' crimes (1941-1945), serving as a site of remembrance, historical education, and political learning for visitors.
• Gedenk- und Lernort Kalmenhof Memorial and educational site being developed in Idstein at the former Kalmenhof facility, which was involved in the Nazi T4 euthanasia program and operated 'Kinderfachabteilung' (child killing units) during the Nazi era.
• Educational Programs and Tours Guided tours, study days, multi-day project programs, and educational offerings for school groups, adults, and special-needs learners on Nazi euthanasia history and political education.
• Cultural Events Topic-related cultural events including readings (Lesungen), theatrical performances, and concerts open to all interested visitors.
• Research and Archive Services Research inquiry handling, archive access, collections, Ernst Klee estate (Nachlass), and library services for researchers and family members of victims seeking documentation on Nazi euthanasia crimes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves school groups, researchers, families, and general public across Germany

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Verein zur Förderung der Gedenkstätte Hadamar e.V. (Support Association)coreOthers · 1 January 1998Support association established in 1998 that assists the memorial with educational tasks and commemorating victims of Nazi euthanasia crimes. Manages donations, supports exhibitions, research, and publications. Contact: Claudia Stul, [email protected].
• Vitos TeilhabecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership in developing the Gedenk- und Lernort Kalmenhof memorial site at the former Heilerziehungsanstalt Kalmenhof in Idstein. Vitos Teilhabe and Gedenkstätte Hadamar jointly inform about the history and development of the memorial site through Facebook.
• Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung (HLZ)coreOthersState-level sponsor providing funding and support for political education initiatives at the memorial.
• Landeswohlfahrtsverband Hessen (LWV Hessen)coreOthersPublic law corporation (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) that operates the Gedenkstätte Hadamar as its responsible body. Provides institutional funding and administrative support. Headquartered at Ständeplatz 6-10, 34117 Kassel.
• Kompetenz-Zentrum Leichte SpracheminorOthersTranslation of website content into Easy Language (Leichte Sprache) for accessibility, based in Dudweilerstraße 72, 66111 Saarbrücken.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gedenkstätte Flossenbürg: Memorial at the former Flossenbürg concentration camp in Bavaria, Germany. Comparable as a Bavarian state memorial with exhibitions, guided tours, and educational programming for school groups.
• KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau: Memorial site at the former Dachau concentration camp in Bavaria, Germany. Directly comparable in mission, structure, and visitor model as a publicly operated memorial with educational programs.
• Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz: Memorial and educational site in Berlin at the villa where the Wannsee Conference took place. Directly comparable as a publicly funded German memorial focused on historical-political education and exhibitions.
• Gedenkstätte Sachsenhausen: Memorial and museum at Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Brandenburg, Germany. Directly comparable as a state-funded memorial with permanent exhibitions, guided tours, and school-group programs.
• KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme: Memorial at the former Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg, Germany. Comparable as a publicly funded memorial with permanent exhibition, archive, and historical-political education programs.
• Topographie des Terrors: Documentation center and memorial in Berlin on the site of the former Gestapo headquarters. Directly comparable as a federal/state-funded memorial with permanent exhibition and educational programs.
• Gedenkstätte Buchenwald: Memorial at the former Buchenwald concentration camp in Thuringia, Germany. Directly comparable as a publicly funded German memorial site with educational programming, exhibitions, and historical-political learning focus.
• Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen: Memorial at the former Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Lower Saxony, Germany. Comparable as a state-supported memorial with permanent exhibition, research archive, and pedagogical offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, Israel. Comparable as a globally recognized memorial with permanent exhibitions, archives, and educational programs, though vastly larger and more international in scope.
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Federal memorial museum in Washington, D.C. Comparable as a large-scale publicly funded Holocaust memorial with exhibitions, research archives, and educational programming, though broader in scope than Hadamar.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/gedenkstattehadamar
• Facebookfacebook.com/GedenkstaetteHadamar
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gedenkst%C3%A4tte-hadamar

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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