# KZ-Gedenkstätte Oberer Kuhberg

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The KZ-Gedenkstätte Oberer Kuhberg stands in Ulm inside Fort Oberer Kuhberg, a former military structure linked to the Federal Fortress of Ulm. The fort dates from the middle of the nineteenth century. In the early 1930s, Württemberg's political police converted the fort into a concentration camp for political prisoners. Communists and Catholic clergy were among those imprisoned there. Harsh conditions and inhumane treatment marked the camp before its closure and the transfer of remaining prisoners to Dachau. The camp's history remains central to the memorial. A documentation centre, founded by an association in the 1980s, now presents the site's history and its regional context. Its exhibitions examine National Socialism in Ulm. They also explore daily life from 1933 to 1945, racism, resistance, and the regime's wider repression. Guided tours provide further historical context about the camp. The memorial connects Fort Oberer Kuhberg's military past with the political persecution carried out under National Socialism. Its focus includes remembrance after the war. The centre shows how preservation can document suffering and explain the historical forces that shaped Ulm during the Nazi period. The former fort gives this history a physical setting.

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