| In the center of "Planplatz" in
Thüngen, in a well kept area, there is a memorial for the fallen and missing
soldiers of World War I. On the front of an obelisk, below the dates
1914-1918, inside an Iron cross, you will find a medaillon, held by two
putty. It has the following inscription:
DEN GEFALLENEN HELDEN ZUM EHRENVOLLEN EDENKEN
VON DER DANKBAREN GEMEINDE THÜNGEN
(to the fallen heroes in honorable memory, by
the grateful community of Thüngen)
Below it - on all four sides of the monument
- the names of the fallen and missing citzens are listed, among them the
names of the Jewish members of the community:
NATHAN SCHREINER
7.9.14
LEO SCHARLACH
4.8.15
NATHAN STERN
21.2.16
On one side of the monument, below a steel
helmet in a wreath and the inscription: VERMISST WERDEN (missing),
among the names of the missing persons, you will find those of the Jewish
soldiers:
MAX FORCHHEIMER
SEIT 4.11.14
LEO VORCHHEIMER
SEIT 5.5.15
RUDOLF FRANK
SEIT 4.2.17
Below the names of the fallen soldiers on the
front of the square column, you will find the following inscription:
NICHTSWÜRDIG . IST . DIE .
NATION . DIE . NICHT .
IHR . ALLES . FREUDIG . SETZT . AN . IHRE . EHRE
(Unworty is the nation that doesn't give
everything for its honour with joy) |
