RED OX Memorial Halle (Saale)
The special feature of the "RED OX" prison as a historical site is that the political persecution of alleged and actual opponents of the regime and the associated human rights violations from two dictatorial periods are made accessible to the public.
Five years after the departure of the last employees of the Ministry for State Security (MfS), the staff of the newly founded memorial took over the house in 1995 and found the rooms on the individual floors in a very desolate state. All of the MfS's written material was already in the depots of the Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former GDR. For the memorial, it was now a matter of researching and processing material files of the MfS departments working in the "Rote Ochsen" there.
In the course of the research work on the political justice system 1933-1945 at this location, it also became clear that almost the entire ground floor had been the execution site for various courts of the Nazi justice system during the Second World War.
The memorial is at the same time a place of learning, education and research as well as a place of mourning, remembrance and commemoration.
(Excerpt from the website)
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All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - accessible for people with walking disabilities and partially accessible for wheelchair users".
Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.
- There are two marked parking spaces for people with disabilities in the Mozartstreet.
- The path from the car park to the side entrance is 10 m long.
- The path in front of the main entrance is mostly easy to walk and drive on and has longitudinal slopes of up to 5%.
- The building is steplessly accessible.
- All evaluated rooms and facilities available to the guests are steplessly accessible at ground level or via an elevator.
- Almost all doors/passages that can be used by the guest and are raised are at least 90 cm wide.
Exceptions: In the exhibitions on the ground floor and 1st floor, there are isolated doors/passages between 71 cm - 79 cm wide. Door thresholds on the 1st floor are partly up to 8 cm high. The doors are open. Some rooms are relatively small, so that you can get a good view of the exhibition from the outside. - The corridors in the exhibition are at least 160 cm wide, passages are partly at least 78 cm wide.
- The cash desk is 75 cm high.
- The exhibits are predominately visible when seated.
- The information on the exhibits/stations/objects is predominately readable when seated.
- There are wheelchair accessible tables available in the café (maximum height 80 cm, wheelchair accessible at a height of 67 cm and a depth of 30 cm).
- There is a public restroom for people with disabilities that is accessible from both sides (at least 80 cm). There are fold-down grab bars on both the left and right sides of the restroom.
- Guided tours for people with walking impairments and wheelchair users are offered on request. A reservation in advance is necessary.
- Mobile or fixed seats are available for people with walking disabilities, which may be used during the guided tour.
- The entire route of the guided tour is steplessly variable for wheelchair users.
- Offered aids: Aids offered: audio guides (tablets with picture and listening function)
Evaluation report: Download as PDF
We have compiled some information on accessibility below. Detailed information can be found in the test report.
- There is no visually clearly perceptible alarm.
- There is no inductive hearing system.
- An outgoing emergency call in the lift is confirmed acoustically.
- Alternatively, stairs are available.
- Information on the exhibits is mainly provided in written form.
- Offered aids: Aids offered: audio guides (tablets with picture and listening function)
- Guided tours are offered for people with hearing impairment, but not for deaf people. Advance booking is necessary.
Evaluation report: Download as PDF
We have compiled some information on accessibility below. Detailed information can be found in the test report.
- Assistance dogs are welcome.
- Exterior paths usually have tactilely detectable walkway boundary.
- Entrances are visually contrasting.
- All raised areas that can be used by the guest are bright and glare-free.
- There are glass doors without safety markings.
- There are no visually contrasting or tactile floor indicators.
- The signage is designed in legible and high-contrast lettering.
- An outgoing emergency call in the lift is confirmed acoustically. The stop position is announced by voice. The operating elements are visually high-contrast and tactilely detectable.
- Alternatively, stairs are available.
- Steps are not visually rich in contrast.
- Stairs have at least a handrail on one side.
- The exhibits are generally well lit.
- The information on the exhibits is mainly conveyed in writing and is visually high-contrast.
- There are no guided tours for visually impaired or blind people.
- Offered aids: Aids offered: audio guides (tablets with picture and listening function)
- Information is not available in Braille or prismatic writing.
Evaluation report: Download as PDF
We have compiled some information on accessibility below. Detailed information can be found in the audit report.
- The name of the museum is clearly recognisable from the outside.
- The destinations of the paths are within sight or there are path signs at a constantly visible distance.
- Information about the exhibits is mainly provided in writing, but not in plain language.
Evaluation report: Download as PDF
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