Villa Merländer, Historical villa in Krefeld, Germany.

Villa Merländer is a three-story brick building with symmetrical design and classical details located on Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse in Krefeld. Its facade displays large windows and traditional architectural elements typical of early 20th-century residential construction.

Richard Merländer, a Jewish silk merchant born in 1874, had the villa built in 1924/25 by architect Friedrich Kühnen. After the 1938 November pogrom he rented it out, and in 1941 he was forced to sell it and move into a "Judenhaus". Deported to Theresienstadt in July 1942 and on to Treblinka that September, he was murdered shortly after arrival. The city of Krefeld has rented the house since 1989 and runs a NS documentation centre there.

Since 1989 the city of Krefeld has rented the villa and runs a documentation centre there on the Nazi period in Krefeld; the Förderverein Villa Merländer was founded in 1992. The building also houses exhibition and event rooms, offices and the city's cultural office, and a new permanent exhibition is being prepared.

Villa Merländer closed for several months in 2025 for renovation work and has since been temporarily inaccessible to visitors. The building stands at Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 42 in the Cracau district of Krefeld. Check with the city's NS documentation office before planning a visit.

Inside the villa are wall paintings by expressionist artist Heinrich Campendonk that were rediscovered during renovation work. These rare artworks reveal an unexpected artistic layer within the building's history.