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Obj. ID: 53303  Holocaust memorial in Künzelsau, Germany, 1986

© Eva Maria Kraiss, Photographer: Kraiss, Eva Maria, 05.2013

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

Synagogue and Jews of Künzelsau

Description:

The monument is a stele of gray granite with an inscription in German and the Star of David.

Inscription: 

Die Stadt
Künzelsau
erinnert mit
diesem Gedenkstein
an das Schicksal
ihrer jüdischen
Mitbürger

An dieser Strasse
stand die Synagoge
der Israelitischen
Kultusgemeinde
Künzelsau
Sie wurde 1907 erbaut
und am 9. Nov. 1938
bei den National-
Sozialistischen
Gewalttaten gegen
unsere jüdischen
Mitbürger zerstört

Translation: The city of Künzelsau commemorates the fate of its Jewish fellow citizens with this memorial stone. The synagogue of the Künzelsau Jewish Community stood on this street. It was built in 1907 and destroyed on November 9, 1938, during the National Socialist acts of violence against our Jewish fellow citizens.

Commissioned by

 The city of Künzelsau

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Vladimir Levin | 2024
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Holocaust memorial in Künzelsau | Unknown
Object Detail
Completion Date
1986
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Location
Germany | Baden-Württemberg | Künzelsau
| Konsul-Uebele-Straße 20
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Grey granite
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History

The memorial was unveiled in 1986.

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