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Due to its historical significance, the Gravensteen in Ghent was chosen as the location for the memorial. Belgian artist Freddy de Vos from Drongen took on the task of designing it.
He placed an aluminium sculpture on a cascading base, in the middle of which the silhouette of a person has been cut out. He left the sculpture empty on the inside. To celebrate the official opening on 3rd May 1996, local school children placed letters inside which were addressed to political prisoners. The project, “Schrijfzevrijdag” (directly translated: “write them free”), was brought to life by Amnesty International Belgium. The artist himself left a small bronze sculpture as well as three small chunks of the Berlin Wall which had been given to him by a German colleague for the project. Two further small chunks were integrated and are visible from the outside. Alongside this are small stones from South Africa, where human rights activist and later President Nelson Mandela was imprisoned by the Apartheidregime.