Reconstruction and memorial Bombing of Lübeck in World War II

joseph krautwald s mother

under wartime , postwar conditions took until 1948 remove of construction waste , demolition rubble. remaining , rebuilt parts of old town part of world heritage site. bells fell burning tower of st. mary s church in partly melted state have been left in south tower memorial event. (see above) since reconstruction of st. mary had priority, reconstruction of cathedral not finished before 1982, reconstruction of st. peter not before 1986.

another memorial people killed or displaced bombing found in lübeck ehrenfriedhof (cemetery) there cenotaph , memorials both wars. memorial of bombing of lübeck statue sculptor joseph krautwald, commissioned in 1960s produce work reflected experience of victims. statue, named die mutter (the mother), carved local coquina , shows mourning woman 2 little children. placed in center of circle surrounded tombstones of died night.