Frankfurt am Main (plaque, Hauptfriedhof)
Historical background See, for example: Frankfurt am Main (plaque, Braubachstrasse) Description of commemoration At the Gewann Central Cemetery in…
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Frankfurt am Main (plaque, Kruppstrasse)
Historical background See: Frankfurt am Main (plaque, Dieselstrasse) An office building stands in the place of the Roma and Sinti…
Frankfurt am Main (plaque, Dieselstrasse)
Historical background The plaque commemorates the place where a Gypsy camp was located before 1937. The camp was transformed into…
Frankfurt am Main (plaque, Braubachstrasse)
Historical background The controversy surrounding this plaque concerned the issue whether it should include the names of two people who…
Hanau (plaque)
Description of commemoration On the eastern wall of the old town hall building in Hanau (behind the monument of the…
Würzburg (plaque)
Description of commemoration In the square in front of the Lutheran deanery church of St. Stefan, Evangelical and Catholic youth…
Würzburg (stolperstein)
Description of commemoration Right by the wall of the house at number 6 at Am Pleidenturm, where the Gypsies lived…
Würzburg (memorial)
Description of commemoration Near the cathedral church in Würzburg, close to the presbytery, there is a small tree-lined square (near…
Schweinfurt
Historical background We know the names of only three Sinti women who were deported from Schweinfurt: Anna Mettbach (née Kreuz)…
Nürnberg
Historical background On September 15, 1935, the NSDAP congress in Nuremberg adopted “Die Nürnberger Gesetze”, known also as Nürnberger Rassengesetze…
Bayreuth
Historical background Before the outbreak of World War II, 15 Sinti were registered in Bayreuth, including brothers Max Rose (born…