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In 1986, Esther Shalev-Gerz and Jochen Gerz installed a Monument against Fascism in Hamburg-Harburg. Today a visitor to Harburg seeking the memorial can only find an informative plaque – presenting small images of its realisation. It is installed next to a shaft, into which the monument in the form of a long column, was progressively sunk in eight stages during the six years of its realisation between 1986 and 1993. It is not a memorial to the victims of fascism; it is a monument against fascism. Today, the monument’s deliberate absence from the site where it once stood, is a reminder that monuments cannot in fact protect us against fascism. It is only by remaining vigilant, forging durable solidarities and – above all – by standing our ground, that we can resist fascism’s resurgence.

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