Platz der Freiheit (München)

Platz der Freiheit as seen from Landshuter Allee

Monument at the Platz der Freiheit

Inscription of the monument

The Platz der Freiheit is a Munich square at the intersection of Landshuter Allee / Leonrodstraße in the Neuhausen district.[1]

History

The Platz der Freiheit was originally called Hindenburgplatz and was renamed in 1946 in honour of the victims of National Socialism.[2]

40 years after the end of the war, a granite memorial stone designed by Karl Oppenrieder and dedicated to "The victims in the resistance against National Socialism" was erected on this site.[3] In 1962, it was initially erected as a temporary measure on the Platz der Opfer des Nationalsozialismus (Place for the victims of National Socialism). After a stele with an eternal light was erected there, the stone came here in 1985.[4] The artist Wolfram P. Kastner planned to erect another monument on the square. Around the square he wants to place names, portraits and life stories of people who rebelled against the Nazi regime on a "yellow ribbon of remembrance".[5][6] It was opened in July 2016[7] and will probably be preserved until 2019.[1][2]

References

1. "Verlängerung für Widerstands-Denkmal beantragt" (in German). Merkur tz. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
2. Myriam Siegert (7 June 2019). "Widerstandsdenkmal in München: Ein Aufschub ist möglich" (in German). Abendzeitung Digital GmbH & Co KG. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
3. "Münchner Zeitgeschichten" (in German). NS-Dokumentationszentrum München. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
4. "Chronologie" (in German). Landeshauptstadt München Kulturreferat. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
5. Birgit Lotze (11 May 2015). "Ehrung auf dem Platz der Freiheit" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
6. lkr (20 May 2014). "Der Schandfleck soll zum Denkmal werden" (in German). Abendzeitung Digital GmbH & Co KG. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
7. "Eröffnung des WiderstandsDenkmal München" (in German). Humanistischer Pressedienst. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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