Mahnmal Schlachthoframpe, Holocaust memorial at former slaughterhouse ramp in Wiesbaden, Germany

Mahnmal Schlachthoframpe is a memorial at the former cattle loading ramp of the Wiesbaden slaughterhouse. A chestnut avenue leads to the preserved wall of a demolished Fauth factory building, which bears a spray-painted deportation scene by Yorkar7 based on a photograph taken during the deportations. The planters holding the chestnut trees are inscribed with fragments of letters written by deportees, and an information stele stands beside the memorial.

The ramp was used for deportations from 1942: on 23 May 27 Jews were sent off, on 10 June about 380, and on 1 September about 370 to the Theresienstadt ghetto. On 8 March 1943 Sinti from Wiesbaden and the surrounding area were also deported from here, after registering at the Jewish community centre. Of the more than 3,000 Jews living in Wiesbaden before 1933, about half were killed.

The name refers to the cattle loading ramp of the Wiesbaden slaughterhouse. The memorial was opened on 28 May 2010 on the initiative of the Aktives Museum Spiegelgasse. The planters of the chestnut avenue carry fragments of letters written by deportees, and an information stele stands beside the site. The memorial is managed by the Wiesbaden City Archives.

The memorial is freely accessible at the former cattle loading ramp; a chestnut avenue leads to the preserved wall of the demolished Fauth factory building. An information stele stands beside the installation, and the planters holding the chestnut trees carry text fragments, mostly taken from letters by deportees. The site is managed by the Wiesbaden City Archives.

The image on the preserved wall of the former Fauth factory was made by the spray artist Yorkar7, using a photograph taken during the deportations as its model. The memorial was designed by the artist Vollrad Kutscher and opened on 28 May 2010, on the initiative of the Aktives Museum Spiegelgasse.