Victims of the Police Headquarters - Berlin, Germany
N 52° 31.226 E 013° 24.874
33U E 392429 N 5820105
This sign of history is located at the on a median strip near the intersection of Grunerstraße and Alexander Street in Berlin, Germany.
Waymark Code: WMM7W3
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date Posted: 08/06/2014
Views: 14
The sign is attached to a 2.5-meter tall and 1.7-meter wide stainless steel, concave wall that rests on top of a brick and concrete base. The wall has a crack running through it. The sign is part of a memorial created by Goetz Dorl in 1987. The sign's text is in German and reads:
"Auf diesem Gelände stand bis zu seiner Zerstörung im 2. Weltkrieg das Polizeipräsidium, Ort der Unterdrückung und Verfolgung der revolutionären Arbeiterbewegung. In den Januarkämpfen 1919 besetzten es Berliner Arbeiter. In der Zeit des Faschismus wurden hier Tausende deutsche und ausländische Antifaschisten eingekerkert, mißhandelt und viele ermordet. Sie starben für uns!"
[English translation courtesy of Google Translate:]
"On this site stood until it was destroyed in the second world war the police headquarters, place of oppression and persecution of the revolutionary workers' movement. In January 1919, fighting occupied Berlin workers. In the time of fascism here thousands of German and foreign antifascists were imprisoned, tortured and murdered many. They died for us!"
Group that erected the marker: Unknown
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Intersection of Grunerstraße and Alexander Street
Berlin, Germany
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