Stolpersteine in the district of Braunau am Inn

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The Stolpersteine in the district of Braunau am Inn are small, cobble stone-sized memorials to the former residents of the district who perished at the hands of the Nazis during the Third Reich. Conceived and installed by Cologne artist Gunter Demnig, they were set in the pavement at various locations between August 11–12, 2006.

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Cologne Place in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Gunter Demnig German artist

Gunter Demnig is a German artist. He is best known for his Stolperstein memorials to the victims of Nazi persecution, including Jews, homosexuals, Romani and the disabled. The project places engraved brass stones in front of a former residence for a Holocaust victim who was deported and killed by Nazi Germany, began in Germany and has since spread, with more than 60,000 stones placed across 21 countries in Europe.

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First 11 memorials laid

Demnig has laid over 20,000 Stolpersteine since 1996. [1] The 11 Stolpersteine in the district Braunau am Inn are in eight different municipalities. [2] The former Heimatgau des Führers (Adolf Hitler's birthplace) was the first area to receive its Stolpersteine. They’re installed in front of the former residences of people who were persecuted for different reasons.

Adolf Hitler Leader of Germany from 1934 to 1945

Adolf Hitler was a German politician and leader of the Nazi Party. He rose to power as Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and later Führer ("Leader") of the German Reich and People in 1934. During his dictatorship from 1933 to 1945, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland in September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust.

The 11 Stolpersteine memorialize the Jehovah's Witness Anna Sax (from Braunau am Inn), the four Communists and the Socialist Franz Amberger, Adolf Wenger (both from Braunau am Inn), Johann Lenz and Josef Weber (both from Hackenbuch/Moosdorf), of Franz Jägerstätter (from Sankt Radegund), who refused his conscription orders, of father Ludwig S. Binder (Maria Schmolln), the Sinto Johann Kerndlbacher (of Hochburg–Ach), the victims of the Nazi military legal system and of Michael Nimmerfahl (from Braunau am Inn), who was killed while under Gestapo detention. The Stolpersteine were laid in the presence of local politicians, the media and local residents. The Stolpersteine project has led to a new interest in the forgotten victims.

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The Gestapo, abbreviation of Geheime Staatspolizei, was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe.

History

The cultural initiative KNIE invited Demnig in 1997 to Oberndorf near Salzburg. After the Stolpersteine for Jehovah’s Witnesses Matthias and Johann Nobis were accidentally destroyed, the political scientist Andreas Maislinger, who is from the area, invited Demnig to renovate the destroyed memorials and install more in the adjacent district of Braunau am Inn.

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Andreas Maislinger is an Austrian historian and founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service and Braunau Contemporary History Days.

See also

Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service organization

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References

  1. ↑ "Europaweit 20.000ster Stolperstein wird verlegt" German-Jewish website, haGalil. Retrieved June 11, 2010 (in German)
  2. ↑ Stolpersteine im Bezirk Braunau am Inn Archived 2010-11-22 at the Wayback Machine .(in German)
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