Die Kirschen der Freiheit - Göttingen, Germany
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N 51° 31.731 E 009° 56.395
32U E 565199 N 5709056
Memorial plaque for the deserters of the Second World War
Waymark Code: WM131JQ
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany
Date Posted: 08/26/2020
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This plaque commemorates the deserters of the Second World War. The text on it is from the report "Kirschen der Freiheit" (engl.: "Cherries of Freedom") by the German writer Alfred Andersch, who describes his own desertion in 1944:
[DE] Nicht aus Furcht vor dem Tode sondern aus dem Willen zu leben.
[EN] Not out of fear of death but out of the will to live.
The panel was created by the sculptor Joachim Nitsch in 1990 and consists of a granite stone slab approx. 1.3 x 1 x 0.1 m. It is located at a height of approx. 3m on the outer wall of the restored Göttinger Amtshaus.
Date of Dedication: 01/01/1990
Property Permission: Public
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Location of waymark: Hiroshimaplatz Göttigen, Germany 37073
Commemoration: World War II deserters
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