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how the heck did it get there?
TELL US !!!
Will take photo/s!
Actually, ran tonight into two young guys pasting up something, but couldn't figure out if it was just a poster or some serious streetart. I never met some, wondered already, how and when they do it..:)
please tell us soon!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Luxemburg
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The story behind is:
It is a memorial (one of several) for Rosa Luxemburg, that's why I posted the link. She was, with Karl Liebknecht, founder of the communist party in Germany. In 1918, both tried to avoid the 1. Worldwar by calling workers and soldiers to general strikes. Of course, the conservative (and monarchistic/militaristic) politicians didn't like them very much. The above is the reason, why both were murdered at the end of 1918. Rightwing officers (!!Later Nazis, apparently) shot her in the head and threw her body into the Landwehrkanal in Berlin. So it's supposed to be some kind of a lifebelt for her. I saw the real lifebelt on the other side of the bridge and thought, well: ??! After a hour of searching I found a very short entry on the artist Robert Rademacher, who designed this ring- thingy. :))
it is a sad story :( and you're right, I don't get how do they introduced the lifesaver into the fence either... turi ruri turi ruri... wellcome to the twiglight zone hehehe
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