Inauguration of the memorial for the Jehovah's Witnesses persecuted and murdered under National Socialism - Minister of State Weimer: "We are closing a gap in our culture of remembrance."

Together with the President of the German Bundestag, Julia Klöckner, the Minister of State for Culture and Media, Wolfram Weimer, today presented the memorial to the Jehovah's Witnesses who were persecuted and murdered under National Socialism to the public in Berlin's Tiergarten. In addition to the artist Matthias Leeck, numerous members of the victim group and around 700 guests were present at the ceremonial inauguration. Minister of State Weimer said in advance: “This memorial marks a long time