An important milestone has been reached in Berlin’s Tiergarten: on Thursday, May 28, 2026, the memorial to the Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted and murdered under National Socialism was erected near the Goldfish Pond. After months of work, the bronze sculpture, which is almost five meters high and weighs around twelve tons,
History is currently coming to life in Berlin’s Tiergarten: Construction work on the memorial to the Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted and murdered under National Socialism has begun on schedule. The memorial, which the German Bundestag decided to erect on June 22, 2023, is being built near the Goldfish Pond. The construction
History is currently being milled in a metalworking store in Wermelskirchen, Germany – literally. The memorial to Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted and murdered under National Socialism, which is to be unveiled in Berlin’s Tiergarten park on June 24, 2026, is being built there. It is a special moment for Matthias Leeck.
New release Memorial to the Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted and murdered under National Socialism – Documentation of the history of a memorial project Publication planned for fall 2026 Hardcover, 650 pages Over 200 pictures, cards and folding cards Extensive directories / statistics / chronologies Their resistance was life-threatening. Because it was
NEW: This video now includes English subtitles. Click the CC icon in the YouTube player to enable them. With the decision of the German Bundestag on June 22, 2023 to erect a memorial to the Jehovah’s Witnesses who were persecuted and murdered under National Socialism, the question of how the
Update – April 2026: Die Bauarbeiten am Mahnmal im Berliner Tiergarten haben begonnen. Informationen zum Baufortschritt und zur Anmeldung für den Festakt am 24. Juni 2026 finden Sie in unserem aktuellen Beitrag. After 15 years of intensive efforts, the memorial to the Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted and murdered under National Socialism
On June 22, 2023, the German Bundestag unanimously approved the erection of a memorial to Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted and murdered under National Socialism. The memorial is to be erected in Berlin’s Tiergarten, near the Goldfish Pond, by the Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. It will consist of
On Monday, May 22, 2023, at 11 a.m., the Ausschuss für Kultur und Medien considered the application for a memorial to Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted and murdered under National Socialism. The session can be accessed in the Bundestag media center. More information: https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2023/kw21-pa-kultur-mahnmal-949012 https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/geschichte-berlin-parlamentarier-wollen-mahnmal-fuer-zeugen-jehovas-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-230511-99-655570
On May 11, 2023, the Bundestag discussed in its first reading a monument for which the Arnold Liebster Foundation has been campaigning for many years: https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2023/kw19-de-mahnmal-zeugen-jehovas-945488 The debate can be accessed in the Bundestag media center. The verbatim transcript of the meeting can be found in the plenary minutes from
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