Paul Arnsberg Monument
The Paul Arnsberg Monument in Frankfurt am Main is dedicated to the Frankfurt lawyer , publicist and historian Paul Arnsberg . The stele was designed by the sculptor Clemens M. Strugalla and erected in May 2011 on Paul-Arnsberg-Platz, which was redesigned the year before, in the Ostend district .
execution
The memorial stele, designed as a straight and mostly smooth triangular column, was made of stainless steel . A little below its upper edge, it is provided with a circumferential relief band, which, in addition to engraved stylized motifs, bears a portrait of Arnsberg and an inscription. The motifs are intended to symbolize Jewish festivals and represent the Jewish life that had shaped this district up until the beginning of the Holocaust .
The text incorporated next to the portrait reads:
“Paul Arnsberg (1899 - 1978) came from a Jewish merchant family in Frankfurt and grew up in Ostend. After the National Socialists came to power, the lawyer and publicist had to flee to Palestine in 1933.
In 1958 he returned to Frankfurt and supported the reconstruction of the local Jewish community. He devoted himself to the historical research of Judaism in Hesse and Frankfurt, a world that was destroyed by the National Socialists.
After Paul Arnsberg's death, his widow Rosl Arnsberg (1908-2010) continued his documentary work in order to preserve the memory of Jewish life in Frankfurt am Main. "
realization
The erection of the memorial stele was suggested and partly financed by the local advisory committee 4. The project was supported by the Henry and Emma Budge Foundation , the Jewish community of Frankfurt , the Jewish Museum Frankfurt am Main , the Institute for City History and the city's cultural office.
Transport links
Paul-Arnsberg-Platz can be reached with the S-Bahn lines S1 – S6, S8 and S9 via the S-Bahn station Ostendstraße , with the tram through lines 11 and 14 and their stops at Ostendstraße or Zobelstraße . The nearest underground station, Ostbahnhof , is served by the U6 line.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jewish Monuments: Paul-Arnsberg-Platz ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on: jd-f.de
- ↑ Brief profile of Clemens Strugalla on: kunst-im-oefflichen-raum-frankfurt.de
- ↑ Paul-Arnsberg-Stele on: kunst-im-oefflichen-raum-frankfurt.de
- ^ Paul Arnsberg memorial stele on: juedisches-frankfurt.de
- ↑ “In honor of Paul Arnsberg. The city commemorates the historian with a stele ”. In: Jüdische Allgemeine, June 9, 2011 at: juedische-allgemeine.de
Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 39.3 " N , 8 ° 40 ′ 55.7" E