Monument to the revolutionary labor movement
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The monument of the revolutionary workers' movement was a monument in Halle (Saale) , which stood on Ernst-Thälmannplatz and Riebeckplatz there from 1970 to 2003 . Colloquially the monument is known as fists .
layout
The concrete memorial showed four fists raised 15 meters high , symbolizing the labor movement . The years marked revolutionary dates in several places, including: 1848 ( March Revolution ), 1869 (founding of the Social Democratic Workers' Party in Eisenach ), 1917 ( October Revolution in Russia), 1918 ( November Revolution ), 1921 ( March fights in Central Germany ), 1949 (founding of the GDR ), 1968 (adoption of the second constitution of the GDR after 1949 ). After the collapse of the GDR regimethe years 1953 ( uprising of June 17, 1953 ), 1961 (construction of the Berlin Wall ), 1989 ( collapse of the GDR regime ) and 1990 ( reunification of Germany , in black, red and gold ) were provisionally added
story
The memorial was created 1969-1970 by Heinz Beberniß together with Gerhard Lichtenfeld and Sigbert Fliegel as part of the redesign of Halle's Riebeckplatz to become the central Ernst-Thälmann-Platz on the west side of the square in front of the teacher's house . It was unveiled on October 6, 1970.
In October 2001 the city council of Halle decided to demolish the memorial because it stood in the way of the necessary redesign of the Riebeckplatz, which had become the focus of the accident . In July 2003, the memorial was demolished despite protests from parts of the population.
reception
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In 1973 the monument was shown on a postage stamp of the Deutsche Post in the definitive series `` Aufbau in der DDR '' . It was to be seen at the 30 Pfennig value and is one of four motifs in the series, along with the Berlin buildings Lenindenkmal (demolished in 1991), the large Ahornblatt restaurant on Fischerinsel (demolished in 2000) and the Palast der Republik that no longer exists.
Web links
- Description on Halle-im-bild.de