Memorial Markers is an interactive map displaying the places of memorials to these persecuted or murdered by the Nazi regime in Germany.
Initially a Munich-based initiative, the Memorial Markers mission is now steadily increasing past the Bavarian capital. Munich has put in 317 plaques since 2018, every positioned on the final identified residence of somebody persecuted or murdered by the Nazi regime. These markers give people – many largely forgotten – a spot within the metropolis’s up to date social panorama.
The cities of Ingolstadt, Landau an der Isar and Oldenburg at the moment are being added to the map. At present the maps of Ingolstadt, Landau an der Isar are just a little empty however in Oldenburg there at the moment are 88 plaques at 36 places. This autumn, Weilheim in Oberbayern additionally dedicated to adopting the identical format of memorials, that includes gilded plaques and stelae put in at eye stage.
Exploring Memorials By means of Maps
The map itself serves because the digital heart of this increasing community of memorials. It permits customers to:
- Browse memorial places throughout a number of cities
- Learn concise biographies of these commemorated
- View images of these memorialized
The interface is designed as each an academic device and a spatial archive. By situating every sufferer’s story on the place they as soon as lived – or, in some circumstances, on the place they have been murdered – the mission restores visibility to people whose lives have been erased by the Nazi regime in Germany.
Through: Weekly OSM
