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Kevelaer
Lkr. Kleve
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Kapellenplatz - Brunnenhof
(Sankt Marien Basilika, Innenhof)

Gedenkbuch

Memorial Book

Memorial book for over 1000 victims of World War II.

Bert Gerresheim
Herbert Schmäke Kunstgießerei (Düsseldorf)
2008

Description

Sculpture of the veiled monk holding a book with the text:

Unsere
Verstorbenen

Tausend Tote
des
2. Weltkrieges
aus
Kevelaer

Signature

Gerresheim's mark, Gerresheim and 2008; Stifter Jan Hensen (?).
schmäke düsseldorf

Sculptor

Bert Gerresheim (1935), German sculptor in Düsseldorf (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Martin Willing & Della Evers, Spurensuche Maria Kevelaer, Dank- und Mahnmal an der Basilika.

Locatie (N 51°35'4" - E 6°14'39") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw758; Photograph: 15 June 2019
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