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The study group "Dykes and Queers", led by Jörg Lenk, proposed the memorial in March 1990. The official applicant was the Federation of German Trade Unions' Cologne chapter, backed publicly by various individuals and organizations.
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The Cologne Office for Cultural Affairs proposed 25 possible artists in 1993. Eleven design proposals were submitted, and an independent jury decided unanimously in 1994 in favour of Achim Zinkann, a sculptor from
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15,798) in donations. The opening ceremony took place on 24 June 1995, coinciding both with Cologne's gay pride celebration and with the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Germany from Nazi rule.
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The memorial consists of pink and grey granite. It is 120 cm (~47 inches) high and 69 cm (~27 inches) wide. Its shape is similar to the
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Ausgrenzung der Homosexuellen aus der «Volksgemeinschaft» — Die Verfolgung von Homosexuellen in Köln 1933—1945
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The text on the memorial reads "Killed — Silenced: The gay and lesbian victims of National Socialism".
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Verführte Männer — Das Leben der Kölner Homosexuellen im Dritten Reich
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The memorial, dedicated on 24 June 1995, is located next to the
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used by the Nazis to identify gay men in concentration camps.
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