Concentration camp memorial stone (Magdeburg)

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Concentration camp memorial stone

The concentration camp memorial stone is a listed memorial stone in Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt .

location

It is located in the Berliner Chaussee district at Berliner Chaussee 217 , immediately south in the garden in front of the former Döring inn .

layout

The memorial stone commemorates the murder of victims of the Nazi tyranny on April 13, 1945 . A boulder was set up in memory and a plaque was placed on it. On this is the text under a red triangle on the tip:

April 13, 1945: Were here
hundreds of concentration camp prisoners
from the fascist
Murdered Criminals.

Below it is in larger font:

People be vigilant!

At the same time, the victim of torture at the Nazi facility located here in 1933 is commemorated.

In front of the stone there is another plaque, also provided with the red triangle, with the inscription:

1933 was here
a hell of torture
the Hitler Fascists

In the local register of monuments , the memorial stone is listed as a small monument under the number 094 82485.

history

The Magdeburg Polte-Werke active in the armaments sector included several satellite concentration camps , including two in the city. On April 11, 1945, US troops coming from the west had reached Magdeburg. The SS guards deployed in the satellite camps then left the camps on April 12, 1945. The Volkssturm units belonging to the plant , supported by Hitler Youths , then drove 3,500 inmates east of the city on April 13, 1945. The aim was an evacuation to the Ravensbrück and Sachsenhausen concentration camps . In the area of ​​the New World Stadium , the march came under artillery fire. The prisoners then tried to seek shelter in bomb craters. At least 42 people were shot dead by the guards. It is said that a Hitler Youth proudly reported killing 18 people with his pistol. The death march later continued, with those who stayed behind or those who flee were shot. In the end, around 600 women survived; the fate of the men is unknown.

At least three of the members of the Volkssturm involved were brought to trial in the GDR. The district court Magdeburg imposed on 22 February 1951, lifelong prison sentence and a prison sentence of eight years and a prison sentence of ten years. However, following a decision by the Halle Higher Regional Court on January 4, 1952, the judgment was overturned and the defendants were acquitted on August 27, 1952 by the Magdeburg Regional Court.

literature

  • Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 14, State Capital Magdeburg , State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-531-5 , p. 121.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) : Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt , Magdeburg.pdf, p. 2610.
  2. ↑ a b Helmut Asmus: 1200 Years Magdeburg, The Years 1945 to 2005 . Magdeburg 2009, p. 18 f.
  3. ↑ Helmut Asmus: 1200 years Magdeburg. The years 1945 to 2005 . Magdeburg 2009, p. 22.
  4. ↑ Dieter Skiba, Reiner Stenzel: In the name of the people, investigative and judicial proceedings in the GDR against Nazi and war criminals . edition ost, Verlag Das Neue Berlin, ISBN 978-3-360-01850-2 , p. 369.

Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 1.3 ″  N , 11 ° 42 ′ 3 ″  E