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Denkmal für Zwangsarbeiter an der 'Halle IV'

Forced Labourers Memorial at 'Halle IV'

Friedel Kunst
2001

Lingen (Ems) / Denkmal für Zwangsarbeiter an der 'Halle IV'

Description

Stone sculpture of three figures.

Inscription(s)

zur erinnerung an
die ausländischen
zwangsarbeiter.
die von 1940 bis 1945
im reichsbahn-
ausbesserungswerk
lingen (ems)
eingesetzt waren

Annotation

Unveiled by the mayor of Lingen, Heiner Pott, on 20 June 2001 in the presence of the formar forced labourers Katharina Wübben, née Krbansjuk, Wassilij Nesteruk, Sergej Polewoj, Pawel Zapeja (all from Ukraine), Pietro Pollonio from Bari (Italy) and the son of the deceased Rick du Plessis from Almelo (the Netherlands).

Sculptor

Friedel Kunst, sculptor in Lingen.

Sources & Information

Dokumentations-Archiv für jüdische Kultur und Geschichte, Presse-Infos Zwangsarbeiter (3).

Locatie (N 52°31'13" - E 7°19'26") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens045; Photograph: 25 July 2009 / updated: 13 October 2011
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