Ehrenmal auf den Malzmüllerwiesen, Cautionary monument in Itzehoe, Germany.
The Mahnmal für die Opfer des Naziregimes is a brick stele with four radial inscribed panels, enclosed by a wrought-iron cage. It was designed by architect Fritz Höger and inaugurated on 8 September 1946 at its original site in Itzehoe.
Initiated by Gyula Trebitsch, a Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivor who founded Itzehoe's Jewish community after his liberation from Wöbbelin, the memorial was inaugurated on 8 September 1946. Trebitsch asked architect Fritz Höger, who lived nearby in Bekenreihe, to design it after seeing his Chilehaus in Hamburg. In 1957 it was dismantled and moved to a park; Heide Simonis reinaugurated it at the original site in 1995.
The memorial hosts annual remembrance gatherings where local residents come together to honor those who suffered under Nazi rule. These events shape how the place functions within the community today.
The memorial can be reached through designated parking areas for both cars and motorhomes, with electrical connections available nearby. The grounds are freely accessible and provide plenty of space for visitors to walk around and spend time.
The memorial was moved in 1957 to a secluded spot in a city park behind a group of trees, and only in 1989 did Gyula Trebitsch speak again at "his" monument, disappointed and dismayed. Six more years passed before it was re-inaugurated at its original site in 1995.
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