1944 Hürtgen Forest Museum
The 1944 Hürtgen Forest Museum is located in Vossenack, in the municipality of Hürtgenwald in the county of Düren in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The 1944 Hürtgen Forest Peace Museum 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. On 15 September 2001 the present 1944 Hürtgen Forest Museum was opened.
The peace museum is divided into the following themed rooms:
