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A monument designed by the artist Gloria Friedmann (born 1950) was dedicated on 1 October 1997. It was commissioned by the Hamburg Judicial Authority and erected in co-operation with the Hamburg Cultural Authority following years of campaigning by the Judges’ Association. The monument consists of a grey rectangular block inscribed with ‘1933’ on one side and showing a large-scale colour photograph of Hamburg on the other. In front of the block are 90 iron tables holding pots which originally had a variety of plants growing in them: roses next to nettles, medicinal herbs next to toxic plants. The different types of plants were supposed to represent different cultures, religions, social environments and nations. The pots have since been replanted with largely identical plants, including pansies, which negates the original idea behind the memorial.

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