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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

The Monument to Strangers and Refugees (Obelisk by Olu Oguibe)

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  • Location: Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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    November 26, 2022

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    The Obelisk is a memorial designed for documenta 14 by Nigerian-American artist Olu Oguibe. In June 2017 it was erected at Kassel's Königsplatz; Since April 2019, the obelisk has been in Stair Street. The 16.20 m high monument entitled The Strangers and Refugees Monument bears the inscription in the four languages most commonly spoken in Kassel, Arabic, German, English and Turkish: "I was a stranger and you sheltered me", a quote from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 25:35c ELB).
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    The embassy deserved the central location at Königsplatz
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    On the occasion of Documenta 14, the Nigerian-American artist Olu Oguibe designed the obelisk. Initially, the obelisk was exhibited on Königsplatz, now it has found its permanent place on stairs street.
    The obelisk's inscription, which is engraved in the four languages most commonly spoken in Kassel, Arabic, German, English and Turkish, is striking and moving: “I was a stranger and you took me in”, a quote from the Gospel of Matthew .
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    Location: Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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