Group picture with the Memorial Sign for Dr Gustav Wiener

Memorial Sign for Dr Gustav Wiener,
Odeonsplatz 1

24.05.2022 04:00 p.m.

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Memorial Sign for Dr Gustav Wiener at Odeonsplatz 1

Gustav Wiener studied medicine in Munich, Tübingen and Breslau. From 1903, he was a doctor with a private practice in Munich, initially with a practice in Maximilianstrasse, later with his own practice in Kaufingerstrasse. In 1912, Dr Gustav Wiener married Babette Müller, who was not Jewish. In 1932, the couple moved into a spacious flat on Odeonsplatz.

Just a few weeks after the National Socialists came to power, SA and SS men stormed the flat at the end of March 1933, vandalised the flat and practice, and brutally abused Dr Gustav Wiener. Dr Gustav Wiener never recovered; after a long stay in hospital, he died of his severe injuries in November 1933.

On 24 May 2022, a memorial service for Dr Gustav Wiener was held in the event hall of the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry. Afterwards, a memorial sign for Dr Gustav Wiener was placed at his former place of residence at Odeonsplatz 1.

Tuesday, 24 May 2022
4:00 pm
Commemorative event in the event hall of the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Ludwigstraße 2

Hubert Bittlmayer, Head of Office of the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry
City Councillor Sonja Haider, representing the Lord Mayor of the City of Munich
Dr h.c. Charlotte Knobloch, President of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria
Prof. Dr phil. Fritz Dross, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute for the History and Ethics of Medicine
Dr Eva Strauß, Stattreisen München and initiator of the Memorial Sign
Dr Svenja Jarchow-Pongratz, District Committee Altstadt-Lehel

Musical accompaniment by the Munich Medical Orchestra:

Adam Ambarzumjan (clarinet)
Veronika Diekmann (violin)
Juliane Wehrmeyer (violin)
Veronika Ziegler (viola)
Wolfgang Schmid (violoncello)

5:20 pm
Installation of the Memorial Sign at the former residence at Odeonsplatz 1

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Commemorative event at the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry

Hubert Bittlmayer, Head of Office of the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry

Councillor Sonja Haider on behalf of the Lord Mayor of the City of Munich

Dr h.c. Charlotte Knobloch, President of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria

Members of the Münchner Ärzteorchester

Prof. Dr phil. Fritz Dross, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine

Dr Eva Strauß from Stattreisen München, initiator of the Memorial Sign

Dr. Svenja Jarchow-Pongratz of the Altstadt-Lehel district committee

Stefanie Wagner-Schroiff, Altstadt-Lehel district committee

City Councillor Sonja Haider, Dr Eva Strauß, initiator of the Memorial Sign, and Hubert Bittlmayer, Head of the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry