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Memorial to the Victims of Fascism

"Denkmal für die Opfer des Faschismus und Widerstandskämpfer" (Memorial to Victims of Fascism and Resistance Fighters)

Eugen Hoffmann
1952

Description

Stone statue of a man.

Inscription(s)

Den unsterbliche Helden
im Kampf
gegen Faschismus und Krieg

Sie starben daß Deutschland lebe
in Einheid, Frieden und Freiheit

Annotation

The second line of text was originally "Ihr Vermächtnis wird in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik erfüllt".

Sculptor

Eugen Hoffmann (Dresden 1892 - id. 1955), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Peter Monteath, Ernst Thälmann: Mensch und Mythos (2000), p. 162 (Google Books).

Locatie (N 51°13'58" - E 12°43'23") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desn004; Photograph: 20 January 2011
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