City Hall Marburg

The historic Marburg City Hall dates back to 1527. During the period 1933-1945, the city administration housed here was in the hands of the Nazis.

On March 12, 1933, the Nazis in Marburg won twenty of the thirty seats in the city council elections. After all parties other than the NSDAP were banned, votes in the city council were always passed unanimously, and council members met less and less frequently. In 1935, the city council was completely abolished and replaced by an advisory body consisting of non-voting members appointed by the Nazi party and the mayor.

Beneath the building, cellars dating from 1512 were used over the centuries as storage and as a location for the short-term detention of arrestees. In the early 20th century, holding cells were built here and used by the local police until 1964. During the 1933-1945 period, these cells were used by the Gestapo to detain political opponents. Two plaques on the outer wall of the city hall commemorate this history and the victims of resistance against the Nazi dictatorship.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Coen Prenger
• Kevin Prenger, 'De Bruine stad'.