Treblinka (sculpture)
Treblinka is the title of a bronze casting - plastic of Vadim Sidur on Amtsgerichtsplatz in Berlin-Charlottenburg . The object was created as a memorial for the victims of the Treblinka extermination camp east of Warsaw .
description
The object shows four human bodies lying one on top of the other as abstract figurative representations. The bodies are each stacked in a cross shape. The figure lying at the bottom is supposed to represent a living woman who rears up against the dead above her who are almost crushing her.
history
The sculpture, created in 1966, was placed on the district court in 1979.
In 1985, the district assembly of Charlottenburg decided to have an additional inscription attached to better explain the sculpture to passers-by. The bronze plate set into the pavement on the occasion of the death of Wadim Sidur in 1986 contains the words "Treblinka" and the name of the artist in Cyrillic and Latin script.
Another plaque on the side facing the square explains the connection to the Treblinka extermination camp along with a quote from Richard von Weizsäcker , which he gave in his speech on the 40th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe and the Nazi tyranny .
literature
- Ulrike Puvogel, Martin Stankowski (2000): Memorials for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation . Volume 2, pp. 40-41.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bronze sculpture “Treblinka” and warning plaque. July 30, 2018, accessed February 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Against oblivion: bronze sculpture "Treblinka". In: @inzuam. April 30, 2015, accessed February 3, 2019 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 30'22.9 " N , 13 ° 17'43.1" E