Memorial Stone for NS Victims in Pamhagen

Pamhagen was severely affected by the barbarism of National Socialism. The Roma settlement near Mühlberg, which counted 32 people in 1936, was brutally dissolved and its residents were abducted. At least 21 Roma and Romnija found their deaths in various concentration camps. The two resident Jewish families were also expelled or persecuted, and at least one person died. Furthermore, two political opponents and two disabled or sick local residents, including a child, became victims of National Socialism. The local parish priest Josef Lang faced severe reprisals, so he had to flee to the neighboring country of Hungary. On initiative of a local interest group, with the help of the community of Pamhagen and the memorial association Initiative Erinnern Frauenkirchen, a commemorative plaque for Josef Lang at the parish church and a memorial stone for the local NS victims on the cemetery were unveiled on October 10th in a solemn commemorative ceremony.