The IZS Italian Village is a historic settlement in Wolfsburg that was built by Italian guest workers in the 1930s. It is an important testimony to the history of labor migration in Germany.

Sidney A. Benson, an American bomber pilot, was shot down over Wolfsburg during the Second World War and became the victim of a cruel vigilante justice. His story of suffering illustrates the radicalization and lack of awareness of injustice in German society at the time.