Memorial Plaque for Victims of Nazi Euthanasia at the Cemetery Chapel Rum

On initiative of Franz Wassermann (art project "Temporäres Denkmal") the Greens initiated a working group. Until 2008, teacher Christiane Unterwurzacher researched the names of NS-Euthanasie victims from Rum. In 2010, the municipality invited three artists, but mayor Edgar Kopp categorically rejected their proposals – naming the victims, an art project, a central location for the memorial –. The municipality eventually entrusted the Rumer artist Franz Hölbling with the creation of a memorial plaque. The text was prepared by the town council. On 5.5.2012, pastor Anno Schulte-Herbrüggen blessed the memorial plaque at the chapel of the cemetery. The population was not invited.