Hotel Silber - Stuttgart, Germany, BW
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Tante.Hossi
N 48° 46.536 E 009° 10.921
32U E 513373 N 5402526
At the 'Dorotheenstraße' in Stuttgart, Germany, Baden-Württemberg stands the building 'Hotel Silber'. A sign with the history of this building is ttached at the outer wall.
Waymark Code: WMP3VG
Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date Posted: 06/26/2015
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At the 'Dorotheenstraße' in Stuttgart, Germany, Baden-Württemberg stands the building 'Hotel Silber'. A sign with the history of this building is ttached at the outer wall.
The building was first used as a hotel. Later as office building for post and telegraph. And than for different kinds of police work. During the Nazi aera it was also used as prision. On 13th April 1945 four prisoners have been murdered by the Geheime Staatspolizei without any trial.
Marker text:
'1874-1919
Hotel Silber
1920-1928
Generaldirektion der Posten und Telegraphen
1928-1937
Polizeipräsidium
1937-1945
Geheime Staatspolizei
1949-1983
Polizeidienststelle
In diesem Gebäude wurden während der Herrschaft des Nationalsozialismus Menschen aus dem In- und Ausland Opfer von Terror und Gewalt. Ohne Gerichtsurteil wurden hier am 13.April 1945 durch die Geheime Staatspolizei vier Personen erhängt, die in diesem Gebäude inhaftiert waren.
Wir gedenken der Opfer des Unrechts mit dem Bekenntnis zum demokratischen Rechtsstaat.'
(In this building were during the reign of Nazism people from home and abroad victims of terror and violence. Without court ruling four people were here on April 13, 1945 by the Gestapo hanged, who were imprisoned in this building.
We remember the victims of injustice with the commitment to the democratic constitutional state.)
Group that erected the marker: City of Stuttgart
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:
Dorotheenstraße 10
Stuttgart, BW Germany
70173
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