TheNS-Dokumentationszentrum (NSDOKU) is a museum in theMaxvorstadt area ofMunich,Germany, which focuses on the history and consequences of theNational Socialist (Nazi) regime and the role of Munich asHauptstadt der Bewegung (′capital of the movement′).
In December 2005 the government ofBavaria announced that the museum would be situated at the site of the formerBrown House, theNazi Party headquarters, which played an important role in Munich as "capital of the movement" during the rise of the party and the enforcement ofNazism.[1] TheKönigsplatz, a square for the Nazi Party's mass rallies, is in sighting distance.
The cornerstone for the building was laid in March 2012.[2] The museum opened to the public in May 2015.[3]
The architectural historianWinfried Nerdinger (de), who helped to establish the centre, served as its first director.[4] After his retirement in April 2018, Austrian historian Mirjam Zadoff succeeded him as director.[3]
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