Wollheim-Memorial
The Wollheim Memorial in Frankfurt am Main connects Holocaust remembrance with the history of Nazi forced labour. Heiner Blum designed the memorial for Frankfurt’s Westend site.
A small pavilion at Norbert-Wollheim-Platz stands within the former IG Farben complex, now part of Goethe University. Norbert Wollheim gives the memorial its distinctive name.
Photographic panels in the park show Jewish everyday life before the Holocaust and guide visitors towards the pavilion. Wollheim’s prisoner number appears above the entrance.
Inside, interactive screens present documents about Buna-Monowitz, Auschwitz-Birkenau, forced labour, legal proceedings, and reparations. Survivor interviews add personal testimony to the site.
Their accounts cover childhood, deportation, imprisonment, and life after the Holocaust, while one interview features Wollheim himself. The memorial preserves memory through photographs, testimony, and historical documents.
The screens also explain the IG Farben lawsuits and the reparations process through historical documents and images. The pavilion joins commemoration with historical education.
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