“Square of mutual respect”
and will become a dignified meeting place to the society “Flashback-against oblivion” for the regular commemoration ceremony on the 9th of November and the 27th of January.
The whole construction was planned and built by the society in complimentary work and mainly financed by contributions and voluntary efficiency. It was given to the publicity on the 25th May 2005 under attendance of numerously citizens. The municipal authority encouraged the project among other things with the building of the fundament.
In briefest time the new produced place with its special symbolic had become a vivid place of examination with a so far displaced part of the history of the city.
The personal destiny of the murdered people was kept in memory and placed in the highly visible focus of the citizens of Volkmarsen. Daily you can see people from every age class who stop at the wall and read the memorial tables intently.
The project was highly attended by the press and gives cause to discussions among the population. On the regular occurred guided tours through the city the “Square of mutual respect” had become a centre point very fast. Visitor groups and school classes from the whole region inform themselves on a demonstrative way about the extensive unknown incidents of our younger history.
The experiences after the few months from the completion of the wall have shown that this construction will contribute people in publicity to think and discuss about the consequences of racial hatred, Anti-Semitism and social exclusion of minorities.