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Memorial at Murellenberg
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Sebastian Kowalke
July 17, 2018
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At the end of World War II, the Wehrmacht used the Murellen Gorge as an execution site for deserters and evaders. Today, no trace of this horrific episode remains. Therefore, an art installation was created in 2002 to commemorate it.
The Argentinian artist Patricia Pinsani installed over 100 traffic mirrors in the forest. Just as such mirrors can point to initially hidden or invisible dangers in everyday traffic, the mirrors in the now peaceful forest are intended to remind us of its sad history. Texts dealing with the executions are engraved on 16 mirrors.
The Argentinian artist Patricia Pinsani installed over 100 traffic mirrors in the forest. Just as such mirrors can point to initially hidden or invisible dangers in everyday traffic, the mirrors in the now peaceful forest are intended to remind us of its sad history. Texts dealing with the executions are engraved on 16 mirrors.
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•ThomasKB
December 27, 2017
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The memorial was inaugurated on 8.5.2002 by Senator for Urban Development, Peter Strieder and District Mayor Monika Thiemen.
At the Murellenberg there were military facilities with barracks and shooting ranges …
At the Murellenberg there were military facilities with barracks and shooting ranges …
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•Matto
January 8, 2025
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Engraved texts on 16 mirrors provide information about what is happening in the Murellenschlucht. The remaining 90 mirrors have no text. The artist explains her installation as follows: "Just as traffic mirrors point out dangerous spots on the road, here too they are intended to show a specific situation that lies outside of the field of vision and in this way virtually refer to the repressed crimes of the Nazi justice system."
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