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Konstanz
Lkr. Konstanz
Baden-Württemberg

Schwedenschanze 10 ☐

Georg Elser

Hermaringen 1903 - Dachau 1945
Carpenter and German resistance fighter; attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 8 November 1939
(Wikipedia)

Markus Daum
2009

Description

Bronze head.

Inscription(s)

JOHANN GEORG ELSER
1903-1945

am tage seines bombenattentats
auf adolf hitler am 8.11.1939
auf der flucht in der schweiz
hier festgenommen

ICH HABE

DEN
KRIEG

VERHINDERN

WOLLEN

Annotation

Unveiled 8 November 2009.

Sculptor

Markus Daum (Säckingen 1959), German sculptor and painter from Radolfzell (Website).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Sehenswürdigkeiten in Konstanz.
Georg Elser Arbeitskreis, Georg-Elser-Denkmal in Konstanz.

Locatie (N 47°39'20" - E 9°10'15") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debw296; Photograph: 3 October 2014
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