Maria Regina Martyrum

Walk into the walled courtyard and read the wood grain left in the concrete.

Hans Schädel, Friedrich Ebert · 1963 · Berlin

Story

Hans Schädel and Friedrich Ebert built this Catholic memorial church between 1960 and 1963 to honour the victims of Nazi persecution.

High concrete walls with formwork marks enclose a courtyard, and the church hall sits above it without columns. The whole site is a listed monument.