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Memorial Werner Seelenbinder

(Germany - Berlin - Berlin-Neukölln)

This memorial, at Berlin-Neukölln sports-park, commemorates Werner Seelenbinder. He was German wrestling-champion for six times and joined the 1936 Olympic Games. He was involved in the communist resistance-group Uhrig. On 24 October 1944, he was executed at Brandenburg Prison.

The memoriel also commemorates all other German sportsmen who died while they were member of the resistance.

Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Lienhard Schulz