Ihnestraße Memorial

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  View of the Outdoor Area at the Station: "Human Research – Human Disposal".

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  View of the upper-level station: "Exploiting Destruction – Covering Up Destruction".

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  Exhibition panel in front of the main entrance to the building at Ihnestraße 22.

With the Ihnestraße Memorial, the Freie Universität Berlin commemorates the history and research practices of the former Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics.

The permanent exhibition "A History of Science and Injustice" at the Ihnestraße Memorial (German: Erinnerungsort Ihnestraße) takes a critical look at the history of the building at Ihnestraße 22. Today, the building houses part of the Otto Suhr Institute at Freie Universität Berlin. It originally housed the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics. The decentralized exhibition, which is integrated into the building, explores the connection between science and injustice at this historic site while also commemorating the victims.

Ihnestraße 22: The history of the building

From 1927 to 1945, the building at Ihnestraße 22 in Dahlem housed the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics (KWI-A). Soon after its founding, the KWI-A became a well-known institute for human genetics, racial research and eugenics. Even during the Weimar Republic, the institute advocated eugenic ideas. Some scientists drew on older colonial anthropological research. During the Nazi era, researchers supported the Nazis' racist, anti-Semitic and ableist policies of persecution and extermination and were complicit in crimes.

Address, Opening Hours and Contact Information

• Address:
  Ihnestraße 22
  14195 Berlin
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• Phone: [phone]
• Internet: erinnerungsort-ihnestrasse.de
• Opening Hours: Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The outdoor exhibition is open 24 hours a day.
• Accessibility: The interior of the building is accessible via a wheelchair ramp and is equipped with an elevator.
• Admission Fee:
  Free