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Karl Marx Trier 1818 - London 1883
German philosopher (Wikipedia)
Friedrich Engels (Barmen 1820 - London 1895)
German industrialist, social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of Marxist theory, alongside Karl Marx (Wikipedia).

Various sculptors
Kunstgießerei Lauchhammer
1985

Description

Multi-part sculptural ensemble with:

Double statue of Karl Marx (sitting) and Friedrich Engels (standing) by Ludwig Engelhardt.
Die Würde und Schönheit freier Menschen (The dignity and beauty of free people): Two bronze reliefs by Margret Middell.
Alte Welt (Old World): a 10 m long marble relief wall in five blocks by Werner Stötzer.
Four stainless steel plates into which historical photos were burned using a specially developed eroding process; the photos form a documentation of the labor movement, selected by Arno Fischer and Peter Voigt.

Die Würde und Schönheit freier Menschen (The dignity and beauty of free people) by Margret Middell.
Berlin - Marx-Engels-Denkmal
Side Rathausstraße

Side Karl-Liebknecht-Straße

Alte Welt (Old World): Marble relief wall by Werner Stötzer showing a group of people whose existence is shaped by exploitation and oppression.
Berlin - Marx-Engels-Denkmal

Sculptors

Ludwig Engelhardt (Saalfeld 1924 - Usedom 2001), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Margret Middell (Marienwerder, Westpreußen, 1940), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Werner Stötzer Sonneberg 1931 - Seelow-Altlangsow 2010), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Bildhauerei in Berlin, Karte.
Wikipedia, Marx-Engels Forum.

Locatie (N 52°31'6" - E 13°24'16") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debe101; Photograph: 31 August 2022
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Die Würde und Schönheit freier Menschen (The dignity and beauty of free people) by Margret Middell.

Side Rathausstraße

Side Karl-Liebknecht-Straße