Obj. ID: 54837
  Memorials  Deportation Memorial (DenkOrt Deportationen) in Aub, Germany

Name of the Monument

DenkOrt Deportationen

Who is Commemorated?

Jews of Aub, who were deported during the years of the Holocaust

Description

The memorial is located near the castle in the city center. The memorial is a stone suitcase with a book set on it. The memorial is a part of the major Unterfranken memorialization project DenkOrt Deportationen, and the second identical suitcase is a part of the larger memorial built at the railway station in Würzburg that served as a transit center for deportees from Unterfranken region.   The plaque with historic signage shows the image of the suitcases at the railway station in Würzburg, among them the suitcase from Aub. 

Near the suitcase, there is a plaque with historic signage and the names of 15 deportees from Aub and 6 Jews, natives of Aub, who were deported from other localities. 

Inscriptions

In German:

„VERDRÄNGEN HÄLT DIE ERLÖSUNG AUF, SICH ERINNERN BRINGT SIE NÄHER"
Inschrift am Eingang von Zad Vashem, Jerusalem

Im Gedenken an die jüdischen Bürgerinnen und Bürger
der Stadt Aub

Auber Jüdinnen und Juden,
die von Würzburg aus deportiert wurden:

[list of names, alphabetically, with dates of birth and death]

Auber Jüdinnen und Juden,
die von anderen Orten aus deportiert wurden:

[list of names]

Zur Erinennerung. Zum Gedenkem. Zur Mahnung.

[emblem of the city Aub]

Commissioned by

DenkOrt Deportationen, Aub municipality