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  Memorial at the site of the Jewish cemetery in Nauen, Germany

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, 2003

Memorial Name

No official name

Who/What is Commemorated?

Jewish victims of the Holocaust from Nauen. 

Description:

The memorial marks the site of the Jewish cemetery, which was established in 1819 and demolished during the Holocaust.

It is a stone sculpture of a bearded man on a high brick pedestal. 

A granite plaque with a German dedication is attached to the pedestal.

A metal fence and stone pavement surround the sculpture.

Inscriptions:

In German:

Im Gedenken an unsere
verfemten und ermordeten
jüdischen Mitbürger
zu blaibender Mahnung
für die Lebenden
Stätte des seistigen
jüdischen Friedhofes
Neugestaltet
im Jahr 1988

Translation: In memory of our ostracized and murdered Jewish fellow citizens as a lasting reminder for the living. Site of the former Jewish cemetery. Redesigned in 1988.

Commissioned by

The city of Nauen (?)
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Name/Title
Memorial at the site of the Jewish cemetery in Nauen | Unknown
Object Detail
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1988
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stone, brick
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History/Provenance

According to the website of the Chewra Kadischa Land Brandenburg, "The first monument was erected there in 1950. The poor maintenance of the site meant that several decades later a thorough redesign seemed sensible. The weathered sculpture of the first version had to be replaced by a life-size sandstone figure. The predecessor of this was apparently dismantled from the dilapidated site in the early 1970s and taken into the care of the branch of the Käthe Kollwitz School."

"On November 3, 2000, the monument was found defaced. The figure is visibly damaged by the weather. Attempts to visually enhance the slope, specifically to plant conifers on the forest floor, have clearly failed." (https://www.chewrakadischa-blb.de/Judische-Friedhofe/Landkreis-Havelland/landkreis-havelland.html).

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Sources

https://www.chewrakadischa-blb.de/Judische-Friedhofe/Landkreis-Havelland/landkreis-havelland.html

Type
Documenter
Katrin Kessler, Vladimir Levin | 2003
Author of description
Vladimir Levin | 2025
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