Memorial signs for victims of the Nazi regime in Munich

Memento for Michael Strich

The commemorative signs for victims of the Nazi regime in Munich are around 60 (as of January 2020) memorial plaques and steles erected from 2018, commemorating the around 10,000 Munich men, women and children who were murdered by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945 . The plaques are placed on the houses where the victims lived or worked. The steles are set up in front of it. They show - if available - a rasterized picture of the victims, provide information about the dates of their lives and the persecution of those killed during the Nazi rule .

Quote

“I would like the memorials to live up to their name. They should remember the murdered and set a sign - 'Never again!' "

- Dieter Reiter , Lord Mayor of Munich

Controversy about the stumbling blocks in Munich

Stumbling blocks and memorials have the same goal, the memory of the Munich people murdered by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945. Stumbling blocks as a form of commemoration were vehemently rejected , however, especially by the Munich Israelitische Kultusgemeinde . Its chairwoman, Charlotte Knobloch , said it was unacceptable that the names of Jewish victims of National Socialism were put up “in the dirt of the street” and trampled on. The city council of the state capital did not want to disregard this attitude of the largest group of victims and in 2015 voted by a large majority against stumbling blocks in Munich. Instead, memorial signs are to be attached to the former homes of the Nazi victims. Stumbling blocks may therefore only be laid on private property in Munich.

Reminder signs (selection)

• Friedrich Crusius , Mandlstrasse 21
• Georg Elser , Türkenstrasse 94
• Walter Klingenbeck , Amalienstraße 44
• Therese Kühner, Auenstrasse 15
• Michael Strich , Clemensstrasse 41
• Berta, Herbert and Max Wertheimer , Nymphenburger Strasse 29

See also

• List of Munich memorial plaques

Web links

Commons : Memorial symbols for victims of the Nazi regime in Munich  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Documentation of all commemorative signs for victims of the Nazi regime in Munich sorted by street name on muenchen.de.
• Coordination point for memorial signs for victims of the Nazi regime in Munich on muenchen.de.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reminder of unique people on the website of the City of Munich from August 21, 2018, accessed on January 4, 2020
2. ↑ Munich City Council rejects stumbling blocks Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 29, 2015, accessed on January 10, 2020
3. ↑ Nobody should stumble in Munich New Germany, December 1, 2012, accessed on January 10, 2020