Deportationsmahnmal Putlitzbrücke, Holocaust memorial at Putlitzbrücke, Berlin.

The Deportation Memorial at Putlitzbrücke is a sculpture made of stainless steel and granite in Berlin-Mitte, standing near a former freight yard with a Star of David and distorted staircase forms as its main design elements. The work rises approximately 2.5 meters and uses the shapes of paths and ramps to symbolize what those deported experienced.

From January 1942, more than 32,000 Jewish citizens were deported to concentration camps from tracks 69, 81 and 82 of the Moabit freight yard, which the Putlitzbrücke crosses at this point. The memorial, created by sculptor Volkmar Haase within the Kunst im Stadtraum programme, was installed in 1987. On 29 August 1992 a bomb attack damaged it so badly that it had to be dismantled and restored; it was re-erected in March 1993.

The inscription at knee height reads "Der dahinter liegende Teil des Mahnmals zeigt – bezugnehmend auf die Inschrift – eine mehrfach geknickte und deformierte Treppe gen Himmel", so the text and the twisted staircase behind it are meant to be read together. A plaque on the bridge railing beside the memorial recalls the 29 August 1992 bomb attack.

The memorial stands on the eastern side of the Putlitzbrücke in Moabit, where the bridge crosses the former Moabit freight yard. A plaque on the bridge railing beside the sculpture recalls the 1992 bomb attack. The site is outdoors and freely viewable; the bridge pavement is the only approach.

On 29 August 1992 a bomb attack damaged the memorial so badly that it had to be dismantled and restored; it was put back in March 1993. A plaque on the bridge railing beside it recalls the attack. The sculpture has repeatedly been defaced with antisemitic graffiti since 1987.