The names of streets and bridges are not only a medium of orientation but also a means of remembrance. The selection of people to be honoured reflects contemporary political values and goals.
Heuweg, a side street that later gained significance as an access road to Plötzensee Memorial, was renamed after the Charlottenburg communist Richard Hüttig in 1950. In 1934, Hüttig was the first political prisoner executed at Plötzensee. Königsdamm, in front of the main entrance to the former prison at Plötzensee, was renamed in 1971: in honour of General Friedrich Olbricht, who played a leading role in the plot to oust Hitler on 20 July 1944 and was executed at the Bendlerblock.
Resistance to National Socialism
The names of streets and bridges are not only a medium of orientation but also a means of remembrance. The selection of people to be honoured reflects contemporary political values and goals.
Heuweg, a side street that later gained significance as an access road to Plötzensee Memorial, was renamed after the Charlottenburg communist Richard Hüttig in 1950. In 1934, Hüttig was the first political prisoner executed at Plötzensee. Königsdamm, in front of the main entrance to the former prison at Plötzensee, was renamed in 1971: in honour of General Friedrich Olbricht, who played a leading role in the plot to oust Hitler on 20 July 1944 and was executed at the Bendlerblock.