Memorial to Jewish Citizens

The Memorial to Jewish Citizens in Leipzig, Germany, is a memorial stone that commemorates the deportation of Jewish citizens from Leipzig to the concentration camps after Kristallnacht in 1938.

It is located at the western end of the street named Parthenstrasse next to the Parthe flood ditch, where the victims were herded together before their march to the Leipzig main train station, immediately next to the bridge of the Pfaffendorfer Strasse diagonally opposite the entrance to the Zoological Garden.

It was created on the initiative of the Ecumenical Working Group of Leipzig Churches and was set up in November 1988 to mark the 50th anniversary of the terrible event.

The monument is a 1.30 m (4.3 ft) tall stele with a rectangular cross section on a polished square granite slab.

[2] A Star of David is sculpted on the slightly curved front of the stone.