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Obj. ID: 51078  Plaque on the wall of the Main Cemetery in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

© Vladimir Levin, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, July 2023

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

 Destroction of the synagogues of Frankfurt/Main at Kristallnacht on November 9, 1938.

Description:

A small plaque of brown stone is inserted in the wall of the Main Cemetery of Frankfurt/Main built of the stones of similar color.  The plaque is situated in the northern part of the wall and is seen by those who go along the wall to the New Jewish Cemetery of Frankfurt.

Inscriptions

Diese Mauer
wurde 1939 aus
Steinen der am
9. November 1938
zerstörten
Frankfurter
Synagogen erbaut

Translation: Thise wall was built in 1939 from stones from the synagogues of Frankfurt that were destroyed on November 9, 1938.

Commissioned by

Probably, by the city of Frankfurt/Main

Documenter
Vladimir Levin, Katrin Kessler | 2023
Author of description
Vladimir Levin | 2023
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Plaque on the wall of the Main Cemetery in Frankfurt am Main | Unknown
Object Detail
Completion Date
1990s (?)
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Germany | Hessen | Frankfurt am Main
| Eckenheimer Landstraße
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35 cm
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47 cm
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Façade (main)
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