Memorial to the victims of the Nazi tyranny (Munich)
The memorial for the victims of the Nazi tyranny is a memorial in the old town of Munich . It was created in 1985 by the sculptor Andreas Sobeck from Winzer and erected in memory of the victims of the National Socialist dictatorship (killings / murders due to the dictatorship) on the square of the victims of National Socialism on the corner of Brienner Strasse and Maximiliansplatz . The handover of the monument took place during a commemoration on November 8, 1985 by the then Lord Mayor of Munich Georg Kronawitter .
Sobeck created a monument about six meters high. It consists of a stele made of basalt , the upper end of which is closed by a latticed steel cube. In this symbolic dungeon, an eternal light blazes in a bowl . Sobeck's design won a competition announced by the city of Munich.
The flame is fed by gas. The monument replaced a granite stone designed by Karl Oppenrieder . It was set up as a temporary solution in 1962 and, after the redesign of the square in the early 1980s, found a new location on Neuhausener Platz der Freiheit .
Since the renovation work, which was completed in 2014, there has been a bronze plaque 18.5 meters long and 1.30 meters high behind the eternal flame with the inscription "In memory of the victims of the Nazi tyranny".
See also
- Munich memorials for victims of National Socialism
- List of memorials for the victims of National Socialism
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The inscription on the bronze plaque reads: "IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF NATIONAL SOCIALIST VIOLENCE - PURSUED FOR POLITICAL REASONS PURSUED FOR RACIST REASONS PURSUED FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS FOR THE REASONS"
- ^ Commemoration of the victims of the Nazi regime. In: November anno back then (...) from the Munich city chronicle. City of Munich / City Archives, November 1985, accessed on January 27, 2011 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 35.11 " N , 11 ° 34 ′ 26.29" E