9841 - A memorial for Johann Rukeli Trollmann

The sculpture "9841" was erected on the grounds of the Festspielhaus in 2012 by the artist group BEWEGUNG NURR. It commemorates Johann "Rukeli" Trollmann, the German light heavyweight boxing champion of 1933, who was persecuted and murdered as a Sinto under National Socialism. NURR wrote: "Prejudices against Sinti and Roma are constantly repeated in the media, politics and everyday consciousness. In the fight against racism and antiziganism, no one should sit back".

"A boxing ring lowered at the corners. No support in it. Intertwined boxing gloves that serve as restraints instead of attack and defence. Children love to climb into this boxing ring and surrender to gravity. They run up, but the slope of the floor makes them run down again and again - a game for them. The artist group BEWEGUNG NURR , consisting of Alekos Hofstetter, Christian Steuer and Florian Göpfert, has created a monument to an extraordinary Sinto-German boxer who was denied success and social advancement under National Socialism with their sculpture of a steel boxing ring with a concrete surface.

The 9841 memorial was unveiled in Dresden on 19 October 2012. Originally planned as a temporary memorial for six weeks, it still stands in the eastern outdoor area of the Festspielhaus Hellerau together with a plaque that provides information about Johann Rukeli Trollmann. It is freely accessible to all visitors." - Frauke Wetzel

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Discover RomaRespekt, a digital knowledge platform on the history and present of Roma and Sinti in Saxony from the Heinrich Böll Foundation Saxony. The project has also developed a city tour for listening at six different stations, which commemorates the persecution and extermination of Roma and Sinti during National Socialism and the Second World War in Europe.

The artist collective BEWEGUNG NURR was founded in Dresden in 1989 by Alekos Hofstetter, Christian Steuer and Daniel H. Wild. From 1996 to 2008, BEWEGUNG NURR worked in the constellation of Alekos Hofstetter, Christian Steuer and Lokiev Stoof. Since 2011, the Dresden artist Florian Göpfert has been a member of BEWEGUNG NURR. In 2003, BEWEGUNG NURR founded the artists' initiative S-FOR and works with artists such as Tina Born, Alen Hebilovic, Sven Kalden, Andreas Koch and Christine Weber.

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