Judische Gedenkstatte

The memorial commemorates the destruction of the Wesel synagogue and the murdered Wesel citizens of Jewish faith who fell victim to National Socialist terror. Two inclined triangular surfaces form the Jewish Star.

The inauguration of the memorial on the fiftieth anniversary of the pogrom night was attended by 16 former Jewish residents of Wesel. Fifty years after the pogrom night in 1938, this memorial was unveiled southwest of the Willibrordi Cathedral by Mayor Volker Haubitz and the representative of the Jewish religious community Mülheim Jaques Marx, in the presence of Rabbi Mischa König from Paris and numerous Wesel citizens.

The memorial is intended to commemorate the at least 87 murdered Jewish citizens and the destruction of the synagogue, which was in the immediate vicinity. The suggestion to create such a memorial came from the Protestant and Catholic parishes in Wesel and was suggested by the pastors of the parishes to the Wesel city administration, which joined the project.

The memorial was designed by the Xanten artist Hans-Joachim Gramsch based on the Star of David. The inscription in German and Hebrew reads: "My harp has become a lamentation, my flute a crying."

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