AIDS Memorial (Munich)

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The memorial with inscription
The blue memorial column next to the Sendlinger Tor

The AIDS Memorial in Munich is a blue pillar that was erected at Sendlinger Tor in 2001 and unveiled on July 17, 2002. The designer of this column is Wolfgang Tillmans , who won a city competition to design an AIDS memorial with his design . He recreated the stela columns from the nearby Sendlinger Tor subway station.

The memorial bears the following inscription:

AIDS
the dead
the infected
their friends
their families
1981 until today

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Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 1.68 ″  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 2.76 ″  E