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Stadt Gelsenkirchen Nordrhein-Westfalen Schmalhorststraße 1c |
Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin und Karl MarxVladimir Il'ich Lenin born Vladimir Il'ich Ul'yanov (Simbirsk 1870 - Gorki Leninskiye 1924)Bolshevik leader of the 1917 October Revolution and the first head of state of the USSR (Wikipedia) Karl Marx Trier 1818 - London 1883 |
artist unknown & Rainer Günther
2020-22 |
Statues of Lenin (by an unknown sculptor) and Marx (by Rainer Günther), erected respectively in 20 June 2020 and on 27 August 2022.
The statues are placed by the Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands and, especially that of Lenin, is rather controversial.
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Next to these statues are plaques for Friedrich Engels, Clara Zetkin, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, Ernst Thülmann, and Willi Duckhut.
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