I shot this image of the Marx-Engels in Berlin during a trip in 2010. By then it had been moved from its previous location very centrally in a small park to nearby location, near the Berlin Cathedral due to construction efforts for the Berlin Subway. The monument had been build by German artist Ludwig Engelhardt from 1977 to 1986, documented by East-German Photographer Sibylle Bergemann. During GDR times it stood right in front of the now torn down Palace of the Republic.
photo by Joachim F. Thurn, Bundesarchiv
Last week controversy over this monument ensued when Construction Minister Peter Ramsauer (CSU) suggested it to be moved to a cementary at the outskirts of Berlin.
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