Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site

All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - partially accessible for people with walking disabilities and wheelchair users".

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

• There are four parking spaces for people with disabilities.
• The Dachau - Concentration Camp Memorial bus stop is 70 meters away. 
• All rooms and facilities that can be used by guests are accessible without steps/at ground level or via a ramp. 
• All doors/passages and paths that can be used by visitors are at least 80 cm wide.
• Exhibits and information are predominantly visible from a seated position.
• The height of the information and cash desks in the visitor center is 109 cm. 
• Seating is available.
• There are several public WCs for people with disabilities, which can be accessed from at least one side (at least 80 cm). There are folding grab rails on the left and right.   
• Guided tours are offered for people with walking disabilities and wheelchair users. Advance booking is necessary. 
• Mobile or fixed seating is available for people with walking disabilities, which can be used during the tour.  
• The route of the tour for wheelchair users leads partly over moderately passable gravel paths. Easily accessible paths: Bus stop - Visitor Center - Jourhaus; outside paths in the areas of the Witschaftsgebäude, camp prison, international memorial and administration entrance. Paths that are relatively easy to walk and drive on: Barracks East (along the main façade); Jourhaus - bridge to the crematorium area (west of the barracks).

All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - partially accessible for people with visual impairments and blind people".

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

• Assistance dogs are welcome.
• Accessible PDF with information on how to get here 
• The signage (for orientation) is designed in easy-to-read, high-contrast lettering.
• All elevated areas that can be used by visitors are brightly lit and glare-free.
• The exhibits are well lit.
• Information about the exhibits is visually rich in contrast.
• Information about the exhibits is conveyed acoustically or tactilely (Braille, prismatic lettering).
• The entrance areas “Jourhaus with camp gate”, visitor center, Karmel Monastery, former administration/archive building and crematorium “Barrack X” are visually rich in contrast. 
• There is a tactile model of the site with a legend in Braille and profile writing and a portable tactile map with explanations in Braille and audio format. 
• Information is partly available in Braille or prismatic writing.
• Technical aids: apps, audio guide.
• Guided tours are offered for people with visual impairments and blind people. Advance booking is necessary. 

All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - partially accessible for people with hearing impairment and deaf people".

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

• An audio induction system is available at the counter in the visitor center. 
• Information is provided in writing.
• There is no visually perceptible alarm.
• Technical possibility of information transfer: An "App in (German) sign language" is available to deaf visitors to the Dachau concentration camp memorial site at http://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de/gedenkstaetten-app-in-gebaerdensprache.html.
• A tour for deaf people is offered in sign language, but not for people with hearing impairment. FM systems are available. Please book in advance.

All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - accessible for people with cognitive impairments".

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report at the end of the text.

• The name of the memorial is clearly recognizable from the outside. 
• The Dachau - Concentration Camp Memorial bus stop is 70 m away. 
• The destinations of the paths are within sight or there are signs at a constantly visible distance. 
• There is information in easy language (website, tour brochure, apps in easy or simple language).
• There is no menu in the bistro and the food is not presented visibly.
• A tour is offered for people with cognitive impairments. The contents of the tour are easy to understand or are explained in an easy-to-understand way (e.g. pictorially). Pre-registration is requested.