Memorial Plaque for the Book Burning on April 30, 1938 at the St. Michaels Church on Residenzplatz

A memorial plaque for the book burning was installed in 2011 on the façade of St. Michael's Church at Residenzplatz. It commemorates the burning of numerous books by Jewish, clerical, and Christian-social authors and authoresses, which took place on April 30, 1938, by the National Socialists at Residenzplatz. The installation of this memorial plaque followed years of debate. Since 2006, the city had been discussing the erection of a memorial. This was intended to be placed at the historical site of the book burning. However, it was not realized. Instead, on November 25, 2011, the then mayor Heinz Schaden and the former president of the Israelite Kultusgemeinde, Marko Feingold, unveiled the memorial plaque at St. Michael's Church. A memorial for the book burning was only erected in 2018.