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Ernst Thälmann

Altona (Hamburg) 1886 - Buchenwald 1944
leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) during much of the Weimar Republic
(Wikipedia)

Walter Arnold
1958

Beschreibung / Description

Bronze statue, showing Thälmann as a militant orator in his time as a politician of the Weimar Republic. The statue stands in front of a wall with the text "AUS EUREM OPFERTOD WACHST UNSERE SOZIALISTISCHE TAT"

Beschriftung(en) / Inscription(s)

ERNST THÄLMANN

geb. am 16.4.1886 in hamburg
ermordet am 18. august 1944
im kz buchenwald

Anmerkung / Annotation

Unveiled 17 August 1958.

Künstler*in / Artist

Walter Arnold (Leipzig 1909 - Dresden 1979), Deutscher Bildhauer
German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Stadt Weimar, Denkmale.
Weimar im Nationalsozialismus, Thälmann-Denkmal.

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 50°59'18" - E 11°19'33") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: deth037; Photograph: 7 August 2013
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