Fuhlsbüttel prison and satellite camp memorial museum

Fuhlsbüttel prison and satellite camp memorial museum ( for German speakers) - darkometer rating : 4 - A small memorial/museum commemorating in particular the time when this prison was used during the Nazi era in Germany to incarcerate political prisoners. During the final period of WWII , it was also a satellite camp of Hamburg 's large Neuengamme concentration camp . > More background info > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos More background info: The prison in Fuhlsbüttel had already been in place for over half a century, when the Nazis came to power in Germany and began using it as a small-scale concentration camp , or 'police prison' (under the SS and then the Gestapo ), and finally also as a satellite camp of the large Neuengamme concentration camp on the outskirts of Hamburg . Several hundred victims (at least 250) are said to have lost their lives here, mostly political prisoners, but also other "undesirables" such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Sinti or beggars. The prison is still in use, but not all that much is left of the original wartime look of the buildings, after successive efforts of refurbishment and re-building. The memorial museum is housed in the former main gatehouse, which became redundant when a new one was built in the 1960s, but was saved from demolition thanks to being a listed building because of its architectural merits. In the 1980s, an action group was successful in campaigning for a memorial to be set up at/in the former gatehouse. It was opened in 1987 and redesigned in 2003. What there is to see: Not that much. Outside there's a memorial plaque on the brick wall of the gatehouse – together with a solitary English counterpart text plaque.