Obj. ID: 58182
Memorials Memorial to Jewish Citizens of Leipzig, Germany, 1988
Name of Monument
No official name
What/Who is commemorated?
Jewish citizens of Leipzig, victims of the Holocaust
Description
The monument is located at the western end of Parthenstrasse next to the Parthe flood ditch.
The black stone monument, a 1.30 m (4.3 ft) tall block with a rectangular footprint, is made of black Lobenstein diabase and set on a polished square granite slab. A Magen David is sculpted on the slightly curved front of the stone facing the street, and inscriptions of placed on each side. The face toward the flood ditch is left blank.
Inscriptions
On the left, eastern side, in German:
HIER IN DIESEM GRABEN
WURDEN IM JAHRE 1938
JÜDISCHE BÜRGER
VOR IHRER DEPORTATION
ZUSAMMENGETRIEBEN.
Translation: Here in this trench in 1938 Jewish citizens were driven together before their deportation
On the right, west side, in German:
WO
IST
DEIN
BRUDER?
GENESIS 4:9
Translation: Where is your brother? GENESIS 4:9
Commissioned by
Ecumenical Working Group of Leipzig Churches
sub-set tree: 
Cottin, Markus, Leipziger Denkmale (Beucha: Sax-Verlag, 1998). p. 117.
For images, see "Denkmal für jüdische Bürger in Leipzig"
Wikipedia, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denkmal_für_jüdische_Bürger_in_Leipzig.
Held, Steffen, "Die Leipziger Stadtverwaltung und die Deportation der Juden im NS-Staat", Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig (2011, 2024), https://www.stadtgeschichtliches-museum-leipzig.de/fileadmin/inhalte/pdf/Deportationen_Leipzig.pdf (accessed October 15, 2025)