Memorial ceremony, July 20, 2015.
Memorial ceremony held by the German federal government and the Memorial Foundation for July 20, 1944 at Plötzensee Memorial Center on July 20, 2015. Along with several hundred others, participants included (left to right): Federal Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, the vice-president of Berlin’s city parliament, Andreas Gram, Governing Mayor of Berlin Michael Müller, Robert von Steinau-Steinrück und Axel Smend from the Memorial Foundation for July 20, 1944, the chairman of the German Federation of Trade Unions, Reiner Hoffmann, the president of the Federal Assembly and prime minister of the state of Hesse, Volker Bouffier, German Government Commissioner for Cultural and Media Affairs Monika Grütters, and the vice-president of the Bundestag, Claudia Roth.