Digital atlas of Nazi crimes
A project of the culture of remembrance
The project
As part of the educational agenda on Nazi injustice, the EVZ Foundation is supporting the development of an innovative smartphone app that makes the locations of Nazi crimes visible on a digital map. This app is based on extensive sources that document the crimes and crime scenes in detail. Around 25,000 court files document various crimes and their crime scenes, including concentration camps, prisons, clinics, torture cellars and everyday locations. In addition to these files, other sources on the Holocaust document the scenes of Nazi crimes, including archives such as the Yad Vashem Memorial, the Arolsen Archives and the Central Office in Ludwigsburg.
The digital atlas collects cases of Nazi injustice at thousands of locations in Germany and enables citizens to research the sources for the respective crime scenes. For the first time, the Digital Atlas of Nazi Crimes offers a freely accessible and geo-referenced map showing the respective crimes and crime scenes. This research tool provides comprehensive information on the documented crimes committed by the National Socialists in Germany between 1933 and 1945. Through cooperation with existing data collections, the project is continuously being expanded and improved to ensure an even more precise and comprehensive presentation of the historical crimes.
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Between 1933 and 1945, numerous crimes were committed at over thousands of locations in Germany during the Nazi era. The “Nazi Crimes Atlas – Digitaler Atlas NS-Verbrechen” provides basic information on the crime scenes, the deeds and the sources. You can use this atlas to research the events, investigate the background and prepare the stories for remembrance work.
Video message at the start
Video message from Dr. Edith Raim at the launch on 10.12.2024 in Berlin.
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