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Zwei Reliefs anlässlich des 70. Jahrestages der NovemberrevolutionTwo Reliefs on the Occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the November Revolution |
Gerhard Rommel
1988 |
Two bronze reliefs with human figures and groups of figures in the style of socialist realism.
 Karl Marx Relief, showing the head of Karl Marx and the inscription es lebe die soziale revolution es lebe der frieden der völker (long live the social revolution, long live the peace of the peoples). A group of fighters of the November Revolution moves from the top left to the center of the relief. Below are three figures: a mother holding her child tightly in her arms, two half-naked squatting, muscular men looking at the combatants. |
 Karl Liebknecht Relief, shows a full-body depiction of Karl Liebknecht with the inscription am 9. november 1918 ruft karl liebknecht die freie sozialistische republik aus (on 9 November 1918, Karl Liebknecht proclaims the free socialist republic). He speaks to the group of workers and combatants from the November Revolution. Below are four other people: a man and a woman embracing each other, a sitting man with a child on his lap, and a woman seated on the floor. |
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