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Ehren- und Grabmal für Opfer der Grubenunglücke vom 4.7.1940, 16.3.1944 und 22.3.1979
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Ehren- und Grabmal für Opfer der Grubenunglücke vom 4.7.1940, 16.3.1944 und 22.3.1979

Honoring Dortmund's Mining Disaster Victims

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The memorial commemorates the victims of mining disasters on July 4, 1940, March 16, 1944, and March 22, 1979. Created by Wilhelm Wulff in 1952, the bronze statue stands as a tribute to the miners who perished at the Hydrogrube Hansa. The inscription specifically honors those lost in the 1979 accident.

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1952
Height
2.8 m

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