- To honour the victims of the Nazi system
- To establish and administer a central memorial on the site of the former KZ Wiesengrund near Vaihingen/Enz
- To promote and widen knowledge about the cruel and inhuman Nazi system and the effects of such a system especially amongst young people
- To carry out research work on the history of the camp
- To publish books, leaflets, articles, videos etc. on the history of the camp and its inmates
- To cooperate with other similar memorials
- To teach how to overcome prejudice, intolerance and bigotry in order to work towards the reconciliation of peoples
- To provide lectures and guided tours on the subject
- To help teachers to prepare and carry out visits of the memorial in a suitable way
- To establish and maintain contact with surviving former inmates and their descendants