Heidelberg (plaque)
Description of commemoration
On the wall of the building at Steingasse 9, in which the Vetter’s Alt Heidelberger Brauhaus is located, there is a small sandstone plaque, on which a bas-relief was carved, depicting human figures who comfort one another and require consolation. There are children among them. Those people are presented in a simple way, without details. The bas-relief is stylistically similar to the ones found in Düseldorf (Höherweg / Posenerstraße), Landau id ner Pfalz (Frank Loebsche Haus) and Asperg, and the memorial in Wiesbaden, perhaps made by the same sculptor-mason Josef Reinhardt.
An inscription in German was carved under the bas-relief.
Inscriptions
In German:
Zum Gedenken an die / Heidelberger Sinti, / die dem / NS-Völkermord /zum Opfer fielen
Translation:
In memory of the Sinti from Heidelberg, who fell victim to the Nazi genocide.
Date of the unveiling
May 11, 1993
Author
A Sinti stonemason’s workshop Albersweiler
Initiator
Landesverband Deutscher Sinti und Roma Baden-Württemberg (German Roma Association – Baden-Württemberg branch)
Address
Steingasse 14, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Location
49°24’45.5″N 8°42’34.9″E
49.412624, 8.709681
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