Memorial to those who fell in March (Mechterstädt)

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The memorial for those who fell in March on Gothaer Strasse in Mechterstädt commemorates the events of March 25, 1920 . 15 citizens from Thal who were summoned to march to the district town of Gotha in order to be interrogated there, found a violent death by shooting .

The monument consists of a roughly 1.5 m high, roughly worked block of limestone from the municipality of Thal. A black marble plaque was affixed to it with the names and dates of birth of the 15 men shot here:

The monument on the B 7 near Mechterstädt
  1. Paul Döll (1895)
  2. Ernst Füldner (1888)
  3. Fritz Füldner (1899)
  4. Karl Füldner (1883)
  5. Alex Hartmann (1899)
  6. Karl Hornschuh (1890)
  7. Otto Patz (1890)
  8. Rudolf Rodenstock (1893)
  9. Alfred Rößinger (1878)
  10. Albert Schlothauer (1889)
  11. Karl Schröder (1900)
  12. Gustav Soldan (1901)
  13. Otto Soldan (1895)
  14. Reinhold Steinberg (1885)
  15. Gustav Wedel (1885)

literature

  • Gitta Günther , Wolfgang Schneider: Memorials of the labor movement . Ed .: District Commission. Erfurt for research d. Story d. Local Labor movement. Erfurt 1985, Memorials for March Fighters (Eisenach, Thal, Mechterstädt), p. 37, 39-40 .
  • Bruno W. Reimann: No end to the trauma in sight. Mechterstädt and the University of Marburg . In: Gothaer culture and tourism company (ed.): The Gothaer museum booklet on regional history . 1999, ISSN  0863-2421 , p. 86-97 .
  • Rolf Bartko: From the history of the workers' movement in the city of Eisenach . In: Eisenacher Schriften zur Heimatkunde, Heft 23, Eisenach 1983, 72S.

Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 39.3 ″  N , 10 ° 31 ′ 42.1 ″  E