Blücher Square to Be Renamed Eva Mamlok Square
Berlin's Blücher Square to Honor Jewish Resistance Fighter Eva Mamlok
BERLIN (dpa/bb) — Blücher Square near Hallesches Tor in Berlin-Kreuzberg is set to be renamed in honor of Eva Mamlok, a Jewish resistance fighter, according to the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district office. The renaming is expected to take place by the end of the year, following the state parliamentary elections at the end of September. Several media outlets had previously reported on the plans.
Eva Mamlok was a Jewish resistance fighter against Nazism who grew up in Kreuzberg. She died in 1944 at the Stutthof concentration camp. Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) on Neuenburger Straße commemorate her and her family.
The square's current namesake, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, was a Prussian field marshal who played a key role in the Wars of Liberation against Napoleon.
The decision follows a resolution passed by the district assembly in June of last year. The proposal argued that the square should no longer bear the name of a military leader from the Napoleonic Wars but instead honor a figure from the Jewish and female resistance against Nazism. Additionally, Blücher is already prominently represented in the district by the multi-lane, 1.5-kilometer-long Blücherstraße.
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