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Deportation ramp memorial competition

The state capital of Mainz has launched an ideas competition with the intention of developing an artistic and landscape design concept for a memorial site commemorating the disenfranchisement and expulsion of Mainz citizens by Mainz citizens during the Second World War.

The 17 competition entries, from which a jury selected the winner on March 10, 2017, will be presented in an exhibition at Mainz City Hall from March 23 to April 22, 2017.

1st prize

A.S.W Atelier . Schmelzer . Weber and Prof. Andreas Theurer, Sculpture Studio . Theurer, Mittenwalde OT Töpchin

Competition memorial site deportation ramp Mainz
Competition memorial site deportation ramp Mainz

2nd prize

Adler & Olesch Landscape Architects GmbH, Mainz, and Atelier Silvia Willkens, Oestrich-Winkel

Competition memorial site deportation ramp Mainz
Competition memorial site deportation ramp Mainz

3rd prize

Konermann Siegmund Architects BDA, Hamburg, and Volker Lang, Hamburg

Competition memorial site deportation ramp Mainz
Competition memorial site deportation ramp Mainz

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