Gedenkstätte KZ Kemna

Gedenkstätte KZ Kemna is a memorial in Wuppertal, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. Gedenkstätte KZ Kemna is situated nearby to the historic site Kemna concentration camp, as well as near the pond Laaker Teich.

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Auf dem gegenüberliegenden Fabrikgelände bestand von Juli 1933 bis Januar 1934 das Konzentrationslager Kemna. Hier wurden über 4000 Gegner des Nationalsozialismus gequält und gefoltert. / Dieses Mahnmal [...; von Schülern entworfen; ...] Wuppertal 1983”
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kemna concentration camp and Ehrenberg.

Kemna concentration camp

Historic site

Kemna concentration camp was one of the early Nazi concentration camps, created by the Third Reich to incarcerate their political opponents after the Nazi Party first seized power in 1933.

Ehrenberg

Peak

Photo: Morty, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.

Ehrenberg is a peak.

Pumpenhaus Untere Herbringhauser Talsperre

Restaurant

Photo: André Schäfer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pumpenhaus Untere Herbringhauser Talsperre is a restaurant, which is situated 1¼ km east of Gedenkstätte KZ Kemna.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Langerfeld and Linde.

Langerfeld is a borough of the German city of Wuppertal. On 24 June 2018, an explosion in the area damaged an apartment complex and surroundings. The blast was powerful and destroyed the three top floors of the block and a parked car.