Friedland Transit Camp – Past and Present

The Friedland transit camp is just a few minutes’ walk from the Museum Friedland. Today, the camp serves as the initial reception centre for asylum seekers and Jewish immigrants in Lower Saxony, and as the national initial reception centre for ethnic German immigrants.

The site of the Friedland transit camp is home to a number of heritage buildings dating from the first days of the camp. In addition, there are also memorials to the prisoners of war released from the Soviet Union and to the role of the Friedland camp in the 1960s and 1970s.

After visiting the museum, you can also join a tour of the site of the Friedland transit camp. The tours, all offering a personal view of the camp, are led by people who entered Germany through the reception centre, residents of the small town of Friedland, or volunteers and staff in the camp.