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Memorial Victims Former Police Headquarters Cologne

This plaque commemorates the many abused victims in the former police headquarters in Cologne.

Text on the plate:
ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE TOTEN UND ALS MAHNUNG FÜR DIE LEBENDEN
AN DIESER STELLE STAND 1907-1945 DAS POLIZEIPRÄSIDIUM. IN DEN JAHREN 1933-1935 AUCH SITZ DER GEHEIMEN STAATSPOLIZEI (GESTAPO). HIER WURDEN ZAHLREICHE KÖLNER BÜRGER WEGEN IHRER POLITISCHEN GESINNUNG DURCH DIE GESTAPO MISSHANDELT
RAT DER STADT KÖLN 1981


Translated:
IN MEMORY OF THE DEAD AND AS A REMINDER FOR THE LIVING. ON THIS SITE 1907-1945 WAS THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS. IN THE YEARS 1933-1935 ALSO THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE GESTAPO. COLOGNE MANY CITIZENS ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THEIR POLITICAL DISPOSITION ABUSED BY THE GESTAPO.
COLOGNE CITY COUNCIL 1981

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