Memorial to the victims of the Nazi tyranny (Munich)

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The memorial in February 2014 (the Eternal Flame in front, the bronze plate behind)

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 .

Andreas Sobeck (left) and Mayor Christian Ude from Munich on January 27, 2014 after the flame in the memorial was ignited following the redesign of the square

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

Web links

Commons : Memorial to the victims of the Nazi tyranny  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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"
  2. ^ 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