- Villa ten Hompel
- Germany
The Villa ten Hompel was used during World War II as the domicile of the regional uniformed police forces of the army section VI and therefore became the point of origin of national socialistic injustice committed by deskbound perpetrators and armed police forces.
Today it offers historical and political experiences and insights in the context of a multifaceted culture. The Villa has experiences with police members as visitors. By using the exhibition, they try to aim at empowering the ‘human autonomy’. Policemen and Policewomen should get a possibility to use the local message in a multi-perspective, discursive and perhaps controversial way. Historical learning at the very example of their own professional history in the national socialism should, at the end, strengthen the ‘human autonomy’ as a competence, how to orient its own actions on the scale of human rights and perhaps check their all-day professional life up to self- critically reflections. Finally it could be possible to allow a personal vision of a ‘good’ and adequate behavior in the job, based on a sensitive reflection on the past.
| Approach | Holocaust as major framework to analyze Human Rights |
| Target Audience | Law enforcement officers |
| Materials | Museum trail tailored-made for police officers |
| Geographical scope | North Rein Westphalia, Germany |
| Country of origin | Germany |
