Ingeborg Hunzinger was a German sculptor.
Ingeborg Hunzinger
Ingeborg Hunzinger (2008)
Tomb of the sculptor Ingeborg Hunzinger in the family grave Franck, Alter Friedhof Wannsee [de], Berlin
Die Erde, 1974
The Rosenstrasse protest is considered to be a significant event in German history as it is the only mass public demonstration by Germans in the Third Reich against the deportation of Jews. The protest on Rosenstraße took place in Berlin during February and March 1943. This demonstration was initiated and sustained by the non-Jewish wives and relatives of Jewish men and Mischlinge,. Their husbands had been targeted for deportation, based on the racial policy of Nazi Germany, and detained in the Jewish community house on Rosenstrasse. The protests, which occurred over the course of seven days, continued until the men being held were released by the Gestapo. The protest by the women of the Rosenstrasse led to the release of approximately 1,800 Berlin Jews.
"Block der Frauen" by Ingeborg Hunzinger, a memorial to the protest
"Whoever wears this sign is an enemy of our people" – thousands of Jews in non-privileged mixed marriages wore this star of David.
The building in which the detainees were held no longer exists. A rose-colored Litfaß column commemorates the event.
Rosenstrasse protest memorial