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Magdeburg Unveils Family-Designed Plaques for Six Christmas Market Victims

The city shifted to a victim-centered design following criticism of a unilateral plan.

Overview

  • Six plaques were inaugurated on Monday on Hartstraße at the Alter Markt, establishing an official public place of remembrance.
  • Each memorial stone was individually designed in close consultation with the victims' families, who also helped select the sites.
  • Mayor Simone Borris attended the ceremony and expressed condolences to the relatives of those killed.
  • A separate memorial stone in the form of a glacial erratic is planned at Hartstraße and Ernst-Reuter-Allee to honor the injured and the helpers.
  • An artistic ideas competition will determine a further commemorative site, complementing ongoing informal mourning places at Johanniskirche and the Old Town Hall.