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Denkmal für die Trümmerfrauen

Monument for the Rubble Women

Egbert Broerken
2005

Halberstadt / Denkmal für die Trümmerfrauen

Description

Monument with at the top a model of the center of Halberstadt destroyed in 1945, and at the front a relief of women clearing rubble.

Halberstadt - Denkmal für die Trümmerfrauen

Information Sign

Zu Ehren unserer Trümmerfrauen 08.04.2005	Zerstörung Halberstadts 08.04.1045
In honor of our rubble women 8 April 2005	Destruction of Halberstadt 8 April 1945

Sculptor

Egbert Broerken (Hovestadt, Lippetal 1950), German sculptor from Welver-Berwicke near Soest, best known for his town models for the blind and visually impaired (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Trümmerfrau#Halberstadt.

Locatie (N 51°53'41" - E 11°3'2") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desa116; Photograph: 30 August 2022
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