In Germany, research in the field of historical memory stimulated the appearance of the first museums that reveal the history of National Socialism, World War II and its consequences. Thanks to civil society initiatives, new museum forms such as Documentation Centers, combining museum and archive elements, have appeared. It should be noted the special impact of such centers on the public in view of the fact that they are located in the places of crimes of the National Socialist regime or where the leaders of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) party lived or worked. Each stage in the study of historical memory in Germany corresponds to the establishment of a new form of museum activity.