The memorial consists of several elements: In the centre of the square on Rechneigrabenstraße stands a stone cube made up of the remains of the foundations of the former ghetto. It is surrounded by a plane grove. The ground of the square is covered with grey gravel stones. The ground plan of the Börneplatz Synagogue, built in 1882 and devastated in 1938 during the November Pogrom, is marked by metal rails on the ground. A commemorative plaque for the destroyed synagogue was installed on the rear wall of the Stadtwerke building. It had already been ceremoniously unveiled by the US military government in an act of commemoration on 20 March 1946, but was not installed in the right place at the time. The inscription reads: