© Kurt-Willi Julius,Skulptur: "Auf der Schwelle zwischen Leben und Tod" (2007) von E. R. Nele
Not quite 700 Jews were deported from the Waldeck-Frankenberg district during the Nazi era. These 700 people did not live together in a single place, but were spread across many communities in the district:
But not only Jews fell victim to the madness of racism; Sinti and Roma, disabled people, Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals and political dissidents were marginalised, persecuted, deported and exterminated.
The district of Waldeck-Frankenberg has erected a memorial to these victims in the garden of the synagogue for all those deported during the Nazi era. It was created by the artist E. R. Nele.
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List of deported persons in the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg
Villages | Number of persons |
Allendorf (Eder) |
18
|
Bad Arolsen |
74
|
Bad Wildungen |
76
|
Battenberg |
18
|
Bromskirchen |
4
|
Diemelsee |
20
|
Diemelstadt |
48
|
Edertal |
23
|
Frankenau |
44
|
Frankenberg |
47
|
Gemünden |
62
|
Haina (Kloster) |
21
|
Hatzfeld |
4
|
Korbach |
62
|
Rosenthal |
23
|
Vöhl |
57
|
Volkmarsen |
23
|
Waldeck |
48
|
Willingen |
23
|