Statues - Hither & Thither

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Berlin
(Bezirk Mitte)
Stadt Berlin
Land Berlin

Wilhelmstraße / An der Kolonnade

Georg Elser

Hermaringen 1903 - Dachau 1945
Carpenter and German resistance fighter; attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 8 November 1939
(Wikipedia)

Ulrich Klages
2011

Description

17-metre (56ft) steel sculpture showing the silhouet of Elser's face.

Inscription(s)

Ich habe den Krieg verhindern willen.
Georg Elser, Ende November 1939

Annotation

The sculpture is at the place where Hitler's chancellery once stood, before it was razed to the ground by the Soviets after the war.

Sculptor

Ulrich Klages, German sculptor from Berlin (Website).

Locatie (N 52°30'44" - E 13°22'57") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debe031; Photograph: 9 August 2013
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