Workers memorial

Construction worker memorial by Carl Wilhelm Bierbrauer in Wiesbaden

A workers' memorial represents a person who is identified as a worker with a tool or other work device.

Mostly archaic forms of craft such as blacksmith or farmer are represented due to the recognizability . During National Socialism and Communism , the worker was often depicted monumentally .

Workers' memorials are located in, among other places

• Germany:
  • the iron foundry fountain in Dortmund 1906/1990
  • the Haarmannsbrunnen in Osnabrück 1909
  • the construction workers monument (Wiesbaden) 1924
• China:
  • in Tian'anmen Square

Colloquially, the z. B. on a Schippenstiel leaning pausing workers referred to as a workers memorial.

Web links

Commons : Workers' Monument  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Arbeiterdenkmal  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual proof

1. ↑ Birgit Wolf: Language in the GDR: A dictionary. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York, NY 2000, ISBN 3-11-016427-2 , keyword “Arbeiterdenkmal”, page 10.