Two centuries after his birth
Karl Marx remains controversial, as the unveiling of a 4.5m statue of him (sculpted by
Wu Weishan) in his birthplace of
Trier, Germany in 2018 demonstrates.[1] Statues of him remain in the former capital of the defunct
German Democratic Republic.[2]
The statues of Karl Marx (foreground) and his collaborator
Friedrich Engels in Marx-Engels-Forum in reunited Berlin. In the background is the dome of the
Berlin Cathedral.
This famous 7.1m bust of Karl Marx, hewn from Ukrainian granite, is Chemnitz's most famous landmark.
1972 relief sculpture "Lob der Dialektik" (Praise of Dialectics) depicting Marx and Engels, forming part of a four-part monument based on the poems of
Bertolt Brecht, modeled on designs by
Joachim Jastram and located on Brückenstrasse.
Installed in Karl Marx Square in 1959 to replace a prior statue installed in 1925 that was destroyed during World War 2, which had itself replaced a monument to
Catherine II demolished by the Bolsheviks.
Relief sculpture of Marx's face, gifted by the government of
East Germany to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the
Ethiopian Revolution and establishment of the
Derg.[16]
Two centuries after his birth
Karl Marx remains controversial, as the unveiling of a 4.5m statue of him (sculpted by
Wu Weishan) in his birthplace of
Trier, Germany in 2018 demonstrates.[1] Statues of him remain in the former capital of the defunct
German Democratic Republic.[2]
The statues of Karl Marx (foreground) and his collaborator
Friedrich Engels in Marx-Engels-Forum in reunited Berlin. In the background is the dome of the
Berlin Cathedral.
This famous 7.1m bust of Karl Marx, hewn from Ukrainian granite, is Chemnitz's most famous landmark.
1972 relief sculpture "Lob der Dialektik" (Praise of Dialectics) depicting Marx and Engels, forming part of a four-part monument based on the poems of
Bertolt Brecht, modeled on designs by
Joachim Jastram and located on Brückenstrasse.
Installed in Karl Marx Square in 1959 to replace a prior statue installed in 1925 that was destroyed during World War 2, which had itself replaced a monument to
Catherine II demolished by the Bolsheviks.
Relief sculpture of Marx's face, gifted by the government of
East Germany to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the
Ethiopian Revolution and establishment of the
Derg.[16]