Memorial plaque for the fallen heroes
Memorial plaque for the fallen heroes
1921
Oveall view
1914 TO OUR DEAD HEROES 1918
- High School Gymnastics Teacher
- Student Teachers
- Students from the graduating classes of 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1919
A dying warrior with shield and sword leans below the list of names.
NOLITE • DOLERE HOC • FACIENDUM • FUIT _________________________________
TO THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF THE MELANCHTHONG HIGH SCHOOL
WHO FALL IN WORLD WAR II
OUR FAITHFUL MEMORY IS DEDICATED
Kastalia
The theologian Wolfgang Trillhaas (1903-1995), who was a student at the Melanchthon High School from 1913 to 1922, mentions the memorial in his Easter Monday sermon on the Road to Emmaus (Luke). 24:13-35):
[…] At this point, I am reminded of how, after the First World War, a war memorial plaque was erected in the high school I attended. It depicts a fallen soldier, his spear falling from his hand. Above it was written: Nolite dolere, hoc faciendum fuit. Do not weep, it had to be! We know that this is the conviction of many. But we also know that other people think differently about such necessities. Some women and mothers have questioned precisely this necessity. Many people who had impeccable patriotic convictions could not bring themselves to this conviction: it had to be! From this comparison, we understand what it means that someone here is able to make it clear to these disciples, disappointed to their very core, by reminding them of Holy Scripture: “it had to be!” Someone transforms the disciples’ shock into the certainty: Christ had to suffer such things. There was no other way for Christ. This is different from when such a claim is written by people on a marble tablet […] (Wolfgang Trillhaas: On the Mysteries of God. Sermons, Göttingen 1956, p. 41).
Location: Nuremberg, Melanchthon Gymnasium, entrance hall, west side wall
Design: Heilmaier, Max
photo 2016, Pablo de la Riestra
Memorial plaque for the fallen heroes
1921
List of the fallen and the artist's signature on the warrior's shield
1914 TO OUR DEAD HEROES 1918
- High School Gymnastics Teacher
- Student Teachers
- Students from the graduating classes of 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1919
A dying warrior with shield and sword leans below the list of names.
NOLITE • DOLERE HOC • FACIENDUM • FUIT _________________________________
TO THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF THE MELANCHTHONG HIGH SCHOOL
WHO FALL IN WORLD WAR II
OUR FAITHFUL MEMORY IS DEDICATED
Kastalia
The theologian Wolfgang Trillhaas (1903-1995), who was a student at the Melanchthon High School from 1913 to 1922, mentions the memorial in his Easter Monday sermon on the Road to Emmaus (Luke). 24:13-35):
[…] At this point, I am reminded of how, after the First World War, a war memorial plaque was erected in the high school I attended. It depicts a fallen soldier, his spear falling from his hand. Above it was written: Nolite dolere, hoc faciendum fuit. Do not weep, it had to be! We know that this is the conviction of many. But we also know that other people think differently about such necessities. Some women and mothers have questioned precisely this necessity. Many people who had impeccable patriotic convictions could not bring themselves to this conviction: it had to be! From this comparison, we understand what it means that someone here is able to make it clear to these disciples, disappointed to their very core, by reminding them of Holy Scripture: “it had to be!” Someone transforms the disciples’ shock into the certainty: Christ had to suffer such things. There was no other way for Christ. This is different from when such a claim is written by people on a marble tablet […] (Wolfgang Trillhaas: On the Mysteries of God. Sermons, Göttingen 1956, p. 41).
Location: Nuremberg, Melanchthon Gymnasium, entrance hall, west side wall
Design: Heilmaier, Max
photo 2016, Theo Noll
Memorial plaque for the fallen heroes
1921
dying warrior above the Latin inscription
1914 TO OUR DEAD HEROES 1918
- High School Gymnastics Teacher
- Student Teachers
- Students from the graduating classes of 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1919
A dying warrior with shield and sword leans below the list of names.
NOLITE • DOLERE HOC • FACIENDUM • FUIT _________________________________
TO THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF THE MELANCHTHONG HIGH SCHOOL
WHO FALL IN WORLD WAR II
OUR FAITHFUL MEMORY IS DEDICATED
Kastalia
The theologian Wolfgang Trillhaas (1903-1995), who was a student at the Melanchthon High School from 1913 to 1922, mentions the memorial in his Easter Monday sermon on the Road to Emmaus (Luke). 24:13-35):
[…] At this point, I am reminded of how, after the First World War, a war memorial plaque was erected in the high school I attended. It depicts a fallen soldier, his spear falling from his hand. Above it was written: Nolite dolere, hoc faciendum fuit. Do not weep, it had to be! We know that this is the conviction of many. But we also know that other people think differently about such necessities. Some women and mothers have questioned precisely this necessity. Many people who had impeccable patriotic convictions could not bring themselves to this conviction: it had to be! From this comparison, we understand what it means that someone here is able to make it clear to these disciples, disappointed to their very core, by reminding them of Holy Scripture: “it had to be!” Someone transforms the disciples’ shock into the certainty: Christ had to suffer such things. There was no other way for Christ. This is different from when such a claim is written by people on a marble tablet […] (Wolfgang Trillhaas: On the Mysteries of God. Sermons, Göttingen 1956, p. 41).
Location: Nuremberg, Melanchthon Gymnasium, entrance hall, west side wall
Design: Heilmaier, Max
photo 2016, Pablo de la Riestra
Memorial plaque for the fallen heroes
1921
Image comparison with the Dying Gaul, an ancient Roman marble copy
1914 TO OUR DEAD HEROES 1918
- High School Gymnastics Teacher
- Student Teachers
- Students from the graduating classes of 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1919
A dying warrior with shield and sword leans below the list of names.
NOLITE • DOLERE HOC • FACIENDUM • FUIT _________________________________
TO THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF THE MELANCHTHONG HIGH SCHOOL
WHO FALL IN WORLD WAR II
OUR FAITHFUL MEMORY IS DEDICATED
Kastalia
The theologian Wolfgang Trillhaas (1903-1995), who was a student at the Melanchthon High School from 1913 to 1922, mentions the memorial in his Easter Monday sermon on the Road to Emmaus (Luke). 24:13-35):
[…] At this point, I am reminded of how, after the First World War, a war memorial plaque was erected in the high school I attended. It depicts a fallen soldier, his spear falling from his hand. Above it was written: Nolite dolere, hoc faciendum fuit. Do not weep, it had to be! We know that this is the conviction of many. But we also know that other people think differently about such necessities. Some women and mothers have questioned precisely this necessity. Many people who had impeccable patriotic convictions could not bring themselves to this conviction: it had to be! From this comparison, we understand what it means that someone here is able to make it clear to these disciples, disappointed to their very core, by reminding them of Holy Scripture: “it had to be!” Someone transforms the disciples’ shock into the certainty: Christ had to suffer such things. There was no other way for Christ. This is different from when such a claim is written by people on a marble tablet […] (Wolfgang Trillhaas: On the Mysteries of God. Sermons, Göttingen 1956, p. 41).
Location: Nuremberg, Melanchthon Gymnasium, entrance hall, west side wall
Design: Heilmaier, Max
photo 2016, Pablo de la Riestra
Memorial plaque for the fallen heroes
1921
Detail view, on the right inside of the plaque, the artist's signature and date
1914 TO OUR DEAD HEROES 1918
- High School Gymnastics Teacher
- Student Teachers
- Students from the graduating classes of 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1919
A dying warrior with shield and sword leans below the list of names.
NOLITE • DOLERE HOC • FACIENDUM • FUIT _________________________________
TO THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF THE MELANCHTHONG HIGH SCHOOL
WHO FALL IN WORLD WAR II
OUR FAITHFUL MEMORY IS DEDICATED
Kastalia
The theologian Wolfgang Trillhaas (1903-1995), who was a student at the Melanchthon High School from 1913 to 1922, mentions the memorial in his Easter Monday sermon on the Road to Emmaus (Luke). 24:13-35):
[…] At this point, I am reminded of how, after the First World War, a war memorial plaque was erected in the high school I attended. It depicts a fallen soldier, his spear falling from his hand. Above it was written: Nolite dolere, hoc faciendum fuit. Do not weep, it had to be! We know that this is the conviction of many. But we also know that other people think differently about such necessities. Some women and mothers have questioned precisely this necessity. Many people who had impeccable patriotic convictions could not bring themselves to this conviction: it had to be! From this comparison, we understand what it means that someone here is able to make it clear to these disciples, disappointed to their very core, by reminding them of Holy Scripture: “it had to be!” Someone transforms the disciples’ shock into the certainty: Christ had to suffer such things. There was no other way for Christ. This is different from when such a claim is written by people on a marble tablet […] (Wolfgang Trillhaas: On the Mysteries of God. Sermons, Göttingen 1956, p. 41).
Location: Nuremberg, Melanchthon Gymnasium, entrance hall, west side wall
Design: Heilmaier, Max
photo 2016, Theo Noll
Memorial plaque for the fallen heroes
1921
lower inscription from 1954 by the Literary Circle “Kastalia” at the Melanchthon Gymnasium in Nuremberg
1914 TO OUR DEAD HEROES 1918
- High School Gymnastics Teacher
- Student Teachers
- Students from the graduating classes of 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1919
A dying warrior with shield and sword leans below the list of names.
NOLITE • DOLERE HOC • FACIENDUM • FUIT _________________________________
TO THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF THE MELANCHTHONG HIGH SCHOOL
WHO FALL IN WORLD WAR II
OUR FAITHFUL MEMORY IS DEDICATED
Kastalia
The theologian Wolfgang Trillhaas (1903-1995), who was a student at the Melanchthon High School from 1913 to 1922, mentions the memorial in his Easter Monday sermon on the Road to Emmaus (Luke). 24:13-35):
[…] At this point, I am reminded of how, after the First World War, a war memorial plaque was erected in the high school I attended. It depicts a fallen soldier, his spear falling from his hand. Above it was written: Nolite dolere, hoc faciendum fuit. Do not weep, it had to be! We know that this is the conviction of many. But we also know that other people think differently about such necessities. Some women and mothers have questioned precisely this necessity. Many people who had impeccable patriotic convictions could not bring themselves to this conviction: it had to be! From this comparison, we understand what it means that someone here is able to make it clear to these disciples, disappointed to their very core, by reminding them of Holy Scripture: “it had to be!” Someone transforms the disciples’ shock into the certainty: Christ had to suffer such things. There was no other way for Christ. This is different from when such a claim is written by people on a marble tablet […] (Wolfgang Trillhaas: On the Mysteries of God. Sermons, Göttingen 1956, p. 41).
Location: Nuremberg, Melanchthon Gymnasium, entrance hall, west side wall
Design: Heilmaier, Max
photo 2016, Pablo de la Riestra
Memorial plaque for the fallen heroes
1921
lower inscription from 1954 by the Literary Circle “Kastalia” at the Melanchthon Gymnasium in Nuremberg
1914 TO OUR DEAD HEROES 1918
- High School Gymnastics Teacher
- Student Teachers
- Students from the graduating classes of 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1919
A dying warrior with shield and sword leans below the list of names.
NOLITE • DOLERE HOC • FACIENDUM • FUIT _________________________________
TO THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF THE MELANCHTHONG HIGH SCHOOL
WHO FALL IN WORLD WAR II
OUR FAITHFUL MEMORY IS DEDICATED
Kastalia
The theologian Wolfgang Trillhaas (1903-1995), who was a student at the Melanchthon High School from 1913 to 1922, mentions the memorial in his Easter Monday sermon on the Road to Emmaus (Luke). 24:13-35):
[…] At this point, I am reminded of how, after the First World War, a war memorial plaque was erected in the high school I attended. It depicts a fallen soldier, his spear falling from his hand. Above it was written: Nolite dolere, hoc faciendum fuit. Do not weep, it had to be! We know that this is the conviction of many. But we also know that other people think differently about such necessities. Some women and mothers have questioned precisely this necessity. Many people who had impeccable patriotic convictions could not bring themselves to this conviction: it had to be! From this comparison, we understand what it means that someone here is able to make it clear to these disciples, disappointed to their very core, by reminding them of Holy Scripture: “it had to be!” Someone transforms the disciples’ shock into the certainty: Christ had to suffer such things. There was no other way for Christ. This is different from when such a claim is written by people on a marble tablet […] (Wolfgang Trillhaas: On the Mysteries of God. Sermons, Göttingen 1956, p. 41).
Location: Nuremberg, Melanchthon Gymnasium, entrance hall, west side wall
Design: Heilmaier, Max
photo 2016, Pablo de la Riestra
