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‘The Prisoner’ Sculpture in St Jacobi Church

Bronze sculpture in St Jacobi.
Base of the bronze sculpture in St Jacobi.
Bronze sculpture in St Jacobi.
St Jacobi Church.

The bronze sculpture entitled ‘Der Gefangene’ (‘The Prisoner’) by the sculptor Jürgen Weber (1928–2007) was donated by the Nähring family in 1995. It stands in the Schröder's hall of St Jacobi, one of the main Protestant churches in Hamburg. The year ‘1945’ is inscribed in the pedestal. The sculpture commemorates the end of World War II, the downfall of National Socialism and the liberation of hundreds of thousands of prisoners. The bronze figure is an emaciated man marked by the hardships of imprisonment, wearing a prisoner’s uniform and wrapped in a cloak.

Monument
‘The Prisoner’ Sculpture in St Jacobi Church
Hamburg-Altstadt
Schröder's Hall, Jakobikirchhof 22

Contact

Ev.-luth. Hauptkirche St. Jacobi

Jakobikirchhof 22
20095 Hamburg
Phone: 040-3037370

Opening hours:
April to September:
Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm
Sundays after church service to 5pm

October to March:
Monday to Saturday 11am to 5pm
Sundays after church service to 5pm

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