Visitors are welcome to use the "Buchenwald" app to tour the former camp site on their own. The app provides information, historical photos and eyewitness accounts in seven different languages:

German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Spanish and German Sign Language.

It can be downloaded free of charge from the Apple Store or the Google Play Store.

The permanent exhibition "Buchenwald. Ostracism and Violence 1937-1945" can also be explored using the app.