Memorial to the victims of National Socialism (Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm)
The memorial for the victims of National Socialism was erected in 2014 by the city of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm . It is located on the western gable end of the House of Encounter . It is freely accessible and can be viewed at any time.
Artist and intention
The artist Thomas Neumair had a red steel beam pierced through the upper corner of the house. His intention was that the steel girder should be felt like an acupuncture needle that anchors these painful experiences of National Socialist history in the city's collective memory. Where the steel girder penetrates the corner of the House of Encounters, there are two six-meter-tall panels depicting the “apple priest” Korbinian Aigner . The position of the steel girder was chosen so that it can also be seen from Kellerstrasse and the main square.
Documentary character
The monument has a documentary character. Biographies of victims and perpetrators during the brief era of National Socialism are appropriate on an equal footing. This exemplary selection of Pfaffenhofeners who played a role during the Nazi regime is intended to bring the past to life through faces and names.
The picture gallery shows some examples:
Already in the 1923 Hitler putsch
The apple priest with his apple pictures
The children of foreign workers from Uttenhofen
The Jew Wilhelm Meinstein
Pastor Braun's unexplained death
The persecuted Joseph Rath
The war criminal Theodor Traugott Meyer
Documentation source
The memorial for the victims of National Socialism in Pfaffenhofen was officially handed over on September 26, 2014, during a ceremony on the square next to the House of Encounter. This documentation is based on research by Reinhard Haiplink, who meticulously describes the development of National Socialism in Pfaffenhofen in his third edition of the book "Pfaffenhofen under the swastika".
literature
- Reinhard Haiplik: Pfaffenhofen under the swastika. 3rd expanded edition, Pfaffenhofen 2005, ISBN 3-9805521-6-0 .
- Heinrich Streidl, Franz Rutsch: 550 years of the city of Pfaffenhofen ad Ilm. 1998.
- Willihard Kolbinger: Pfaffenhofen ad Ilm - a political history of the small Bavarian town 1945–1996. Pfaffenhofen 1996.
Web links
- Haiplik's book presentation on the city's website: [1]
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.pfaffenhofen.de/denkmalopfernationalsozialismus/
- ↑ Reinhard Haiplik: Pfaffenhofen under the swastika. 3rd ext. Edition. Pfaffenhofen 2005, ISBN 3-9805521-6-0