Reconstruction of a memorial stone for Gustav Landauer at
the Munich Waldfriedhof (de) [machine translation]
"There has been in Germany during the period of its greatest distance from God a man who
called as no other man in this country to repent. To a future humanity's sake, that looked
his soul and coveted, he fought against the inhumanity in which he had to live. " ----
With these words Martin Buber begins in Düsseldorf Halbmonatsschrift "masks" in 1919 his
essay "Landauer and the Revolution" for his longtime friend Gustav Landauer (1870
Karlsruhe - 1919 Munich-Stadel home)., whose works he published testamentary Immediately
after the 1st World War and the beginning of the November Revolution had Kurt Eisner
writer and translator Gustav Landauer in a letter dated November 14, 1918 invited to
participate in the revolution in Bavaria: "What I want from you is that you are working
through rhetorical action involving the transformation of souls."
Landauer followed this call and was in the Soviet government on April 7, 1919 Commissioner
for Public Enlightenment. After the defeat of the Soviet government by the Reichswehr and
Freikorps organizations Gustav Landauer was arrested on 1 May 1919 and murdered the next
day in the penitentiary Stadel home with great brutality. Landauer's ashes were initially
buried in the columbarium of Schwabing cemetery, the urn was transferred to the Forest
Cemetery , Members of the Free Workers Union but also prominent personalities led to the
suggestion of Landauer's daughter Charlotte a money collection by Landauer and translated
in 1925 as an obelisk grave monument. 1933 decided the Munich city council the destruction
of grave monuments "of Marxist revolutionaries". Also, the Landauer-monument was destroyed
in the process, the Obelisk battered and exhumed the ashes. His remains were sent to the
Jewish community of Munich and placed it still receive a bill from.
On the second May 2019 will mark the anniversary of Landauer's murder for the 100th time.
Until that time, the Munich city council could correct the committed during the Nazi era
wrong in so far that is re-established a memorial to Gustav Landauer in the forest cemetery.
This would require in 2015 a decision may be taken to ensure that the plans with a
sculptor Competition can begin. A pro-rata fee could also be effected by donations.
We urge the members of the Munich city parliament to adopt a decision to that effect.
Peter Kühn (Flemlingen)
Dr. Siegbert Wolf (Frankfurt / M.) Supporters: Dr. Andreas W. Hohmann (Lich / Hessen), Dr.
Birgit Seemann (Frankfurt / Main), Publisher Edition AV (Lich / Hessen), Thomas Reichert
(Grevenbroich), Uwe noise (Langen / ms.), Werner Schultheiss (Munich) Jürgen Mümken
(Kassel) Eduard Kaesling (Frankfurt / Main)
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