Memorial

Prisoners Of War and Concentration Camp Internees

Sculptures

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Current Location

ABOUT 200 YARDS FROM PARK ENTRANCE ON DOLLIS HILL LANE OPPOSITE HOMESTEAD PARK, Gladstone Park, Dollis Hill Lane, Dollis Hill, Brent, Greater London, NW2 6JA, England

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TQ 22046 85977

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast group
WMR Reference Number: 123
Description: Sculpted group of abstract figures on brick platform and white background. These are of fibre glass and resin with metal fillers. According to the sculpture, Fred (Fritz) Kormis, the figures form a ‘five-chapter novel, each chapter describing a successive state of mind of internment: stupor after going into captivity; longing for freedom; fighting against gloom; hope lost; and hope again
Inscription: 1)TO THE MEMORY OF/ PRISONERS OF WAR/ AND VICTIMS OF/ CONCENTRATION CAMPS/ 1914-1945 2) THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED/ BY THE LONDON BOROUGH/ OF BRENT/ WITH FIGURES/ MODELLED & PRESENTED BY/ (NAME INDISTINCT)/ AND UNVEILED ON THE/ (INDISTINCT)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

War: Holocaust (1941- 1945)

History

Costs: PRESENTED
Maintenance History: 2013, April 15: Smart Water applied 2003, Dec: vandalised and restored

Conservation

Custodian: LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT

Components

Base

Made from: Brick

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1431369

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1431369 (accessed 19/05/2026)

Sculpture

Made from: Metal

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1431369

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1431369 (accessed 19/05/2026)

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