Obj. ID: 49857
Modern Jewish Art  Holocaust Memorial at the Museum of Deportation in Carpi, Italy, 1973

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

Italian Jews deported via Carpi to concentration and death camps.

Description:

In the courtyard of the palazzo are fifteen [possibly 16] steles made of reinforced concrete. Each is six meters high and bears the names of nazi labor, concentration, and death camps in Europe. Most of these names will be unknown to even well-read students of the Holocaust.

Inscriptions

List of nazi labor, concentration, and death camps:

AMMENSDORF-ABNSTADT-AUSSIG-BAD-DURKHEIM-BADEN-BADEN-BAD-KLEINEN-BAD-REHBURG­­

AUGUSTOW-AUSCHWITZ-BENSCHEN-BIALA-PODLASKA-BABICE-BIALYSTOK

BAD-SULZA-BEFENBOSAL-BFRNAU-BERNAUS-BITTERFELD-BLANKENHAIM-BUETZOW

BIELSZOWICE-BIRKENAU-BIRNBAUM-BLESEN-BOLZIO-BOGUMIN-BOJANOWO

BREDOW-BRIEG-BRESLAU-BRZESC-BUGIEM-CHELMNO-CHORZOW-DEBICA-DEBLIN-THORN

BRAUNWEILER-BREMERHAVEN-BUCHAU-BUCHENWALD-BUCHHORST-DACHAU-DORA-DOSSEL

DOBRZYN-DUKLA-ELBING-DUROCHUCZA-GOGELIN-GORCZYN-PAULBRUCH-FRYSZTADT

DORNBURG-DREISBERGEN-ECKSBERG-EGGENFELDEN-ESSLINGEN-ESTEDT-FLOSSENBURG

FOCHENBACH-FREIBURG-GARDLEGEN-GERAME-SHEEIV-GANSHEIM-GRIEBO-GOEDERSDORF

GRAJEWO-GRIBOW-KALISCH-GROSS-ROSEN-HEILSBERG-JAPLONOWO-JAWORZNO

GREVESMUEHLEN-GRIESHEIMER-SAND-GUNZERODE-GROSS-BFEREN-HAFFKRUG-GUTTERSLOCH

HAINEWALDE-HALLENDORF-HAMMERSTEIN-HARPSTAEDT-HESSENTHAL-HANAU-HEIDE

HEUBERG-HINZERT-HOHENBRUECK-HOVELHOF-HUNSWINKEL-HULSEN-JULICH-“JULIUS”

JUTABORG-KAHLA-KEIL-KIEL-HASSEE-KLEIN-OLABACH-KLEIN-OBRINGER-KNIELINGEN

KATTOWITZ-KOENIGSHUETTE-LAGISZA-KONSRATSTEIN-LANGFUHR-LITZMANNSTADT

KOBLENZ-KOCHEL-KOLDITZ-KONIGSTEIN-KONIGWINTER-KONSTANZ-KOPELITZ-KREFELD

KRIPSL-LANGELUSTJEN-LAUFEN-LANGENLEUBA-LANGERBURG-IN-LECH-LIMBURG-LICHTERFELDE

LUTTTRINGHAUSEN-MALCHOW-MARIENFELDE-MARKT-SCHWABEN-MAUTAUSEN-MELSUNGEN

MAINADEK [sic]-NAKEL-NASESK-MUENSTERBERG-OBERGRUPPE-PLASZOW-PLOEMEN-POSEN

MORINGEN-MUNSTER-NAUMBURG-NEUGRABEN-NEUENGAMME-NEUSTADT-A-D-WALD-OHRDRUF

NIEDER-RODE-OLDENBURG-ORANIENBURG-OSNABRUECK-OSTERWALD-OSTHOFEN-PADBERG

PADERBORN-PAPENBURG-REGAU-RADEBEUL-RASTATT-RATHENOW-RICKLING-RATZENBURG

PRUSZKOW-PUSYKOW-PUTZIG-RODOGOSZCZ-TARNOWITZ-TOMASZOW-MAZOWIECKI

RAVENSBRUCK-REISCHENBACH-SAARBRUECKEN-SAARLEUTERN-ROTTWEIL-SACHSENHAUSEN

SCHIRMITZ-SCHWARZACH-SCHWERIN-SENNE-SINGEN-SPANDAU-SPERGAU-SPITTEL

STEINHUDE-STENDAL-STRALSUND-STRELITZ-STUTTGART-UNTERMANNSFELD-VECHTA

TREBLINKA-TRZEBIONKA-CZESTOCHOWA-WADOWITZ-WALDENBURG-WALSDORF

UNTERSTED??-VERDEN-WA????-OW-WELSH???-VOGELGESA???-VOHENSTPA???-WASSENBE???
[transcription unclear]

WARSZAWA-WOLANOW-WRONKEN-ZAMARTE-ZGIERZ-ZICHENAU-THERESIENSTADT

WATTENSCHEID-WERL-WETZLAR-WIENER-NEUSTADT-ZERBST-WILHELMSBURG-WOLFSBURG

WOLLERSDORF-ZORBIG-STUTHOF-BOLZANO-NATZWEILER-ANNABERG-FOSSOLI

Commissioned by

Municipality of Carpi