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Hattingen
(Stadt Hattingen)
Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Synagogenplatz

Gegen das Vergessen

Against forgetting

Ulla H'loch-Wiedey
1987

Description

Relief of some mourning figures with a dead figure between them (?)

Inscription(s)

זכרונם לברכה
GEGEN DAS VERGESSEN

hier stand von 1872-1938
die synagoge der jüdischen
kultusgemeinde hattingen

May their memory be for a blessing
AGAINST FORGETTING

Here stood from 1872-1938
the synagogue of the Jewish
community Hattingen

Sculptor

Ulla H'loch-Wiedey (Herford 1920 - 2002), German sculptor from Niederwenigern (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste von Kunstwerken im öffentlichen Raum in Hattingen.

Locatie (N 51°23'57" - E 7°10'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw977; Photograph: 31 July 2022
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