Forced Laborer Memorial Transit, Forced laborer memorial at Plärrer in Nuremberg, Germany

The Forced Laborer Memorial Transit is a six-meter-high funnel-shaped sculpture at the Plärrer in Nuremberg, designed by Munich sculptor Hermann Pitz and inaugurated on 15 October 2007. It consists of 3,000 aluminum figures holding hands and linked at the feet, forming a funnel that sits on a skylight of the Plärrer subway station. The sculpture can be seen above ground as a dome and below ground as a cone in the mezzanine and pedestrian underpass.

In 1987 Nuremberg's city council resolved to erect a memorial to the city's forced laborers; research later established that between 1939 and 1945 about 100,000 people from more than 40 countries worked at some 150 Nuremberg firms, mainly in armaments but also in retail and city administration, including clearing rubble after air raids. A 2002 discussion in the city archives with former forced laborer Rob Zweerman revived the stalled plan. A limited competition held in 2005 was won by Munich sculptor Hermann Pitz with "Transit", inaugurated on 15 October 2007.

The three text panels at the memorial show the word "Zwangsarbeit" (forced labour) in twelve languages, followed by a statement by the City of Nuremberg. The site also recalls the former Plärrer-Automat, a waiting hall with an inn and public telephones that served forced labourers as an inconspicuous meeting point and exchange for information and goods.

The monument sits at a major transportation hub and is easily accessible by public transport from different parts of the city. The location makes it visible from several angles and allows visitors to approach from multiple directions.

The funnel shape connects the surface with underground spaces, creating a visual bridge between different layers of memory. This unusual design symbolizes how forced labor was hidden and often forgotten history.