History

Nazi era

Mitte

Museum Otto Weidt’s Workshop for the Blind

at the German Resistance Memorial Centre

Waiting times on site
© Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt / Foto: Georg Engels, Ulm
  • Open from 18:00 until 02:00

The museum is barrier-free. There is a lift leading from the courtyard into the exhibition and a wheelchair-accessible toilet. There are no car parking facilities. There is a tactile floor guidance system in the museum for blind and visually impaired people.

Detailed information on accessibility can be found here: Further information

  • Equipment for visually impaired
  • Equipment for blind people
  • Elevators accessible to wheelchairs
  • WC accessible to wheelchairs

During the Second World War, factory owner Otto Weidt employed blind and deaf Jews, trying to save them from persecution and deportation. Through poignant exhibits, this museum in the former workshop commemorates the fates of its workers and of those who risked everything to help them.

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