Kazerne Dossin Reviews

Very interesting and not tiring, it was interactive too. I suggest taking your time since you can easily spend 3-4 hours there.

It's an ok museum but didn't impress me much. Gives a little bit the feeling of a pop up shop. Such an important place and they could have done so much better, pity.

A highly emotional and poignant experience in the serene and respectful surroundings of a monument to those persecuted by the Nazi occupation and certain collaborators. A heart of stone would be required to keep from tearing up while you walk the corridors of photos , audio visual commentary , statistics , personal effects , artefacts , horrid stories of torture and the tearing apart of lives and families - men , women , and children . The enormous photo walls of the faces of the 28800+ deportees from Kazerne Dossin of the "Give them a Face" initiative pay tribute to the persecuted and put faces to the numbers. Personalising what the criminal oppressors did everything in their power to de-personalise . In these days of populist, nationalist, xenophobic, repressive , prejudice, and anti immigrant sentiment a visit to museums and sites such as this should be required for all children and adults . It bears witness to the effect of creeping and unopposed discrimination , repression , and racism . Humans are all equal . The events that this shrine was built to immortalise should not fall from our memory now or from the memory of any future generation . We must never forget . #peace (Footnote: Maybe a missed opportunity to give a name and a face and honour to those who saved so many children from being transported - the nuns next door in the convent and Bruno Ceupens for example - who are righteous amongst nations )

This is an amazing museum on one of the saddest pages in human history. It tells the story of the Holocaust and particularly how it unfolded in Belgium. This is all done through historic documents and testimonials in a chronological narrative from the 30s onward, allowing to develop a vivid picture of collaboration, of resistance and actions in the between.

Modern museum with lots of nicely presented information, but this information could as well be shared over the internet. Not so much physical memorabilia. If an abundance of information about the Dossin base, Jews and deportation is your dada, then go, otherwise not so recommended.

Very informative and well documented / explained. Setup is modern and pleasant.
However, the video testimonials that are shown on television screens during the exposition are not ideally placed. Certainly in times of Covid, everyone gathering around 1 small screen, or passing you while you're watching, is not really Covid safe.

In the bartacks is a small exhibition, the real one is at the other side of the road. This is an intresting and very nice exhibition With videos from people who lived during the war. You should take a few hours to do the tour. It has 4floors, the upper is a fantastic vieuw over Mechelen.

Landmark in the city of Mechelen, commemorating a dark moment in our history. Touching exposition.

The permanent exhibition at this excellent museum clearly provides the context and explanation of the transportation of Jews (& Roma & Commjnists) from this site in Mechelen to Auschwitz by train. It also details the rise of Nazism in Germany and the occupation of Belgium. The wall of individual photographs with biographical details is poignant. The museum is on three floors (there is a lift) and the temporary exhibition on the ground floor currently focuses on Auschwitz. Across the courtyard is a Memorial Garden. The whole site is well worth a visit.