Birgit Stauch

Birgit Stauch (born December 11, 1961, in Baden-Baden, West Germany) is a contemporary German sculptor who works in bronzes, sculptures, sketches and portraits.

Upon returning from compulsory service during World War II her father studied stone carving as a profession and sculpture as a passion thus inspiring his daughter to follow in his footsteps.

She worked as a creative director in the atelier at Strassackers', Europes' largest art foundry for some 14 years.

Returning to Baden-Baden she took over her fathers' stonemasonry business as managing director all the while continuing to create a broad variety of works in addition to teaching sculpture.

Stauch created a holocaust memorial commemorating the deportation of 450 Jews from Freiburg to the concentration camp at Gurs, in France, close to the Spanish border on October, 22nd, 1940.