Memorial "Battle of the Nordmarkt"

On 16 October 1932, there was a large fight between 800 members of the National-Socialistic SA and communist and social-democratic organisations. The police opened fire and two passers-by were killed. 14 other people were injured.

There was also a third victim of the fights: "Opa Wille" was beaten to death by the Nazis because he refused to greet the swastica-flag of one of them.

This memorial is dedicated to the protest against the Nazis.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Thorsten Bachner