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Hamburg
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg

Mönckebergstraße
(Hauptkirche St. Petri)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Breslau 1906 - KZ Flossenbürg 1945
German Lutheran pastor, theologian and martyr
(Wikipedia)

Fritz Fleer
1979

Description

Bronze statue of Bonhoeffer in prison uniform with handcuffed hands.

Inscription(s)

widerstand und ergebung
+
dietrich bonhoeffer
geboren am 4. februari 1906
pfarrer
der bekennenden kirche
verhaftet im april 1943
am 9. april 1945 im kz.
flossenbürg ermördet

Sculptor

Fritz Fleer (Berlin 1921 - Hamburg 1997), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Hauptkirche Sankt Petri (Hamburg).

Locatie (N 53°33'1" - E 9°59'49") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehh032; Photograph: 5 March 2015
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