by Susan | Sep 26, 2022 | Monuments
In this Soviet-era monument — Friedenstauben is German for Peace Doves — eight 10-meter- high flagpoles are joined with two rings. The upper ring is a play on perspective and decorative art, interweaving metallic doves in a continuously braided circular...
by Susan | Mar 28, 2022 | Monuments
The Angel of Peace is in the Munich suburb of Bogenhausen, on the banks of the Isar. It can be seen throughout the city. The foundation stone was laid on 10 May 1896; the unveiling was on 16 July 1899. It is a reminder of the twenty five peaceful years after the...
by Susan | Jan 18, 2021 | Monuments
This memorial is located in front of the Reichstag building and commemorates the 96 members of the Germany’s last democratically elected pre-war parliament who were murdered by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945, in concentration camps. In German, Denkmal zur...
by Susan | Nov 30, 2020 | Monuments
The Way of Human Rights was opened on 24 October 1993. It is sited on the street between the new and old buildings of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, connecting Kornmarkt street and the medieval city wall. Created by Israeli artist Dani Karavan it consists of a gate,...
by Susan | Sep 7, 2020 | Monuments
The 2.50 m high stainless steel sculpture was placed on Bonn’s Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz on the initiative of the Women’s Network for Peace and dedicated on September 21, 2013, the International Day of Peace. It is the work of Finnish sculptor Sirpa...
