Event commemorates crimes of the Nazi era over 80 years ago
Several initiatives and organizations will commemorate the deportations of Jews and Sinti from the region during the Nazi era on Sunday, March 15. The memorial event begins at noon at the Kurzweil Gallery at the former freight depot in Darmstadt (Bismarckstraße 133).
The Darmstadt Freight Depot Memorial Site Initiative, the City of Darmstadt, the Hessian State Association of German Sinti and Roma, the Jewish Community of Darmstadt, and alliances against right-wing extremism in southern Hesse are hosting the event. Citizens and media representatives are invited to attend.
Deportations via the Darmstadt freight yard
The former freight depot played a central role in deportations from southern Hesse during the Nazi dictatorship. On March 15, 1943, the Darmstadt criminal police deported 69 Sinti from Darmstadt and the surrounding area.
The first deportation of Jewish citizens via Darmstadt took place as early as March 20, 1942. From there, men, women, and children – including infants – were deported to concentration and extermination camps.
Many Jewish women and men from towns and communities in southern Hesse were first taken to Darmstadt and then deported from the freight station to the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp.
Remembrance and admonition
The memorial event is intended to commemorate the victims and at the same time send a message against antisemitism, racism and exclusion.
(DARMSTADT – RED/PSD/stip)
