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Memorial Cross at Pirna-Sonnenstein

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Memorial Cross at Pirna-Sonnenstein

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Memorial Cross at Pirna-Sonnenstein

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  • Location: Pirna, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

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    July 5, 2022

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    Memorial cross for the 13,720 people murdered in the Pirna-Sonnenstein Nazi killing center. The memorial cross stands behind the memorial building and therefore usually receives little attention.

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    March 30, 2025

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    The memorial site includes a memorial cross more than six meters high. The size of the monument symbolizes the magnitude of the crimes it is intended to commemorate. The cross is a recess in a cuboid of rammed concrete; it is as high as the cuboid and divides it in half. The layers of soil mixed with ash are symbolically recreated on the concrete.
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    July 10, 2024

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    Memorial for the patients of psychiatric institutions and concentration camp inmates from various camps murdered in 1940/41 on the Sonnenstein.
    The memorial is located in the cellars where the murder by carbon monoxide and the subsequent burning of the victims took place. It is very oppressive.
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    Location: Pirna, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

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