Statues - Hither & Thither

Anklam
Lkr. Vorpommern-Greifswald
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Stadtpark

Ernst-Thälmann-Denkmal

Ernst Thälmann Monument

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

Bruno Giese
1965

Description

Triangular stone column, crowned by a scale. On the front face is a relief portrait of Thälmann, and on the two other faces quotes from Thälmann.

Inscription(s)

Ernst
Thälmann
Hamburg
16.April
1886
Buchenwald
18.August
1944

Ich bin
Blut
vom
Blute
und
Fleisch
vom
Fleische
der
deutschen
Arbeiter

Mein
Volk
dem ich
angehöre
und
das ich
liebe,
ist
das
deutsche
Volk

Sculptor

Bruno Giese (1904 - 1986), German sculptor from Anklam.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Anklam.

Location (N 53°51'13" - E 13°41'11")

Item Code: demv049; Photograph: 2 August 2016
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