- Frankfurter Engel
Frankfurter Engel is a
memorial in the city ofFrankfurt am Main in southwesternGermany , dedicated tohomosexual people persecuted under Nazi rule, and atParagraph 175 , the lat during 1950s and 1960s.Design
The memorial is a
statue of anangel . The work is the first of its kind in Germany. Following memorials in Germany areKölner Rosa Winkel (1995) in Cologne andMemorial to Homosexuals persecuted under Nazism (2008) in Berlin.At the basis of the memorial is written in German language: "Homosexuelle Männer und Frauen wurden im Nationalsozialismus verfolgt und ermordet. Die Verbrechen wurden geleugnet, die Getöteten verschwiegen, die Überlebenden verachtet und verurteilt. Daran erinnern wir in dem Bewusstsein, dass Männer, die Männer lieben, und Frauen, die Frauen lieben, immer wieder verfolgt werden können. Frankfurt am Main. Dezember 1994"
The memorial remembers at the persecuted homosexuals during
Nazism and atParagraph 175 , the lat during 1950s and 1960s that outlawed homosexuality. It was reformed in 1969 and fully repealed in 1973.History
On
20 July 1992 a competition for artists started. Winner of the competition was the artistRosemarie Trockel . The memorial was built at the crossing of the streets "Schäfergasse" and "Alte Gasse". On 11 December 1994 the memorial was opened.See also
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History of gay men in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust Literature
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Rüdiger Lautmann . "Nationalsozialistischer Terror gegen Homosexuelle. Verdrängt und ungesühnt". (together withBurkhard Jellonnek ): Paderborn: Schöningh. 2002. ISBN 3-50674-204-3External links
* [http://www.frankfurter-engel.de/home.html Frankfurter Engel]
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