1944 Hürtgen Forest Museum

The 1944 Hürtgen Forest Museum (German: Museum Hürtgenwald 1944 und im Frieden) is located in Vossenack, in the municipality of Hürtgenwald in the county of Düren in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

1944 Hürtgen Forest Museum
Museum Hürtgenwald 1944 und im Frieden
Hürtgen Forest Local History Museum
Established29 March 1983
LocationHürtgen Forest
Typepeace museum
OwnerHürtgen Forest History Society
WebsiteMuseum Hürtgenwald 1944 und im Frieden

The 1944 Hürtgen Forest Peace Museum (Friedensmuseum Hürtgenwald 1944) was opened on 29 March 1983 in Kleinhau in a stone barn. Its aim was to recall the heavy fighting during the Second World War in the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, in which the Americans suffered a costly defeat. In setting up the museum, Konrad Schall from Winden gathered many exhibits: vehicles, documents, uniforms and other artefacts that witness to the battles in the surrounding area.

Later, part of the exhibition was taken over by the municipality from Schall's legacy. They, in turn, transferred it to the Hürtgen Forest History Society (Geschichtsverein Hürtgenwald). On 15 September 2001 the present 1944 Hürtgen Forest Museum (Museum Hürtgenwald 1944 und im Frieden) was opened.

The peace museum is divided into the following themed rooms:

  • Hürtgen Forest Local History
  • The Siegfried Line in the area of the Hürtgen Forest
  • Card room
  • The Wehrmacht in the Hürtgen Forest
  • The US Army in the Hürtgen Forest
  • The Hürtgen Forest in the post-war period

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