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What whispers do the stones of the Gurs Sculpture hold? This sculpture, right here in Karlsruhe, speaks volumes about a dark chapter in history. The Gurs Sculpture stands as a stark reminder of the deportation of Jews from Southwest Germany in 1940. In October of that year, thousands of Jewish individuals were torn from their homes in Baden and Saar-Palatinate. They were sent to the Gurs internment camp in France. The Gurs Sculpture commemorates this tragic event, its inscription a poignant tribute to the Grötzingen citizens of Jewish faith who were deported. The official records state 6,504 people were deported, but the true number was likely higher. This act was one of the first organized deportations of Jewish Germans. It predates the systematic deportations to the East by a year. The conditions at Gurs were catastrophic. Over a thousand individuals perished there due to the horrific conditions. Between 1942 and 1944, the surviving internees faced another horror. They were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and Sobibor. Almost all were murdered there. The Gurs Sculpture, though a somber monument, also stands as a testament to remembrance. It reminds us to never forget the lives lost and the atrocities committed.

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