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Gegen das Vergessen | |
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Location | Berlin |
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Coordinates | 52°30′03″N13°20′47″E / 52.50087°N 13.34640°E |
Type | Memorial |
Dedicated to | HIV/AIDS |
The International Stele Always Remember (German : Gegen das Vergessen) is an outdoor HIV/AIDS memorial by Bernhard Keller in Berlin, Germany. [1] [2] [3]
The memorial was inaugurated on the eve of World AIDS Day in 2010 on 30 November. [4] The memorial had been expanded from the initial red ribbon after funding was secured from the city of Berlin by the BerlinPositive association. The association had been campaninging for funding to increase the memorial since 2005. [5] The red ribbon had initially been erected on the Urania intersection in the 1990s when the AIDS pandemic in Berlin was at its peak. [4]
The memorial features a large red ribbon and the words 'Against Forgetting' in 22 languages. [5] It is described as a 'Stele', a commemorative stone. [5]