
Honoring Ruth Baumgarte in Berlin-Karlshorst
The artist Ruth Baumgarte (1923-2013) is honored with a memorial stele in Berlin-Karlshorst for her system-critical artistic processing of racially, religiously and politically motivated crimes during National Socialism. This will be erected at the place where Ruth Baumgarte lived together with her mother during her training and studies at the Hochschule für bildende Künste from 1939 to 1945 until the invasion of the Soviet troops and the last battles at Rheingoldstraße 32 in Berlin-Karlshorst. Even within her relatives and friends, Ruth Baumgarte experienced political and racial persecution and the resulting reprisals. Her perception was thus also sharpened for the Sinti and Roma families living in Berlin-Karlshorst, whom she also depicted in her works fleeing the genocide, contrary to political directives. In the presence of the district mayor Michael Grunst and chairman of the Art Foundation Ruth Baumgarte, Alexander Baumgarte, the official unveiling of the memorial stele by Manfred Becker of the Memorial Commission and Dr. Catrin Gocksch, head of the Department of Art and Culture will take place in public.
Location - At the entrance to Rheinsteinpark, Rheingoldstraße 32, 10318 Berlin-Karlshorst