Düsseldorf (Höherweg/Posenerstrasse plaque)
Historical background
See: Düsseldorf (memorial, Alter Hafen)
Description of commemoration
The sandstone plaque consists of two parts – on the left we can see a bas-relief depicting a family: man, woman and child, on the right, there is a bronze plaque with information about the commemoration. The plaque was unveiled on the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Otto Pankok, a well-known Roma artist from Germany.
The bas-relief shares the same style as the bas-reliefs on the memorial in Wiesbaden.
Inscriptions
In German:
Zum Gedenken / an die Düsseldorfer Sinti, die durch / den Nationalsozialismus im Lager / Höherweg Opfer des Völkermordes / wurden. Im Lager Höherweg waren / von 1937 bis 1945 mehr als 200 Düsseldorfer / Sinti interniert. Unter den / unmenschlichen Bedingungen im / Lager starben viele von ihnen; über / 100 wurden von dort deportiert / und ermordet.
Translation:
In memory of the Sinti of Düsseldorf, victims of the genocide in the era of National Socialism, in the Höherweg camp. From 1937 to 1945, over 200 Sinti from Düsseldorf were interned in the Höherweg camp. Many of them died in the inhumane conditions; nearly 100 internees were deported and murdered.
Date of the unveiling
July 5, 1993
Author
Sinti stonemason’s workshop in Landau in der Pfalz
Initiator
Evangelical and Catholic Church
Address
The corner of Höherweg/Posenerstraße, 40233 Düsseldorf, Germany – railway bridge
Location
51°13’11.8″N 6°50’23.4″E
51.219944, 6.839833
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Materials
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