Talk:Ernst Barlach

The Dead Dog?
The Dead Dog? How did that happen? Well spotted. DionysosProteus 04:12, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Magdeburg Ehrenmal
The author of the article says that the three soldiers in the Magdeburg Ehrenmal are French, German and Russian.

We have recently returned from a visit to the Magdeburg Cathedral, where we viewed the famous Ehrenmal, and wanted to supply the following information.

Barlach commented on his own work and said that it represented three warriors standing in a cemetery: in the middle, a young officer, to his right an old "Landsturmmann" (reservist serving in the German Army) and to his left, a young recruit. He also explained that the skeleton wore the "Stalhelm" (a steel helmet that was first used by the German Army in 1916).

According to the commentary in several reference works on Barlach's art, the young soldier is wearing a stylised helmet and uniform of a "Musketier" (lowest grade infantryman in the German Army during the First World War).

It was the detractors of Ernst Barlach and his art, coming from the nationalist and National Socialist movements, who alleged that the figures in the Ehrenmal were of foreign origin and appearance (in particular Soviet), in order to denigrate the work. They claimed that since the work showed "non-heroic" figures, the persons must have been non-German. By extension, the enemies of Ernst Barlach also called into doubt the German or "Nordic" origins of the sculptor himself.

Sources: Domprediger Giselher Quast (1992); Ilona Laudan, "Ernst Barlach, Das Denkmal des Krieges in Dom zu Magdeburg" 83.202.17.95 (talk) 21:08, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

The above is correct - does anyone disagree? Otherwise I will change the reference in the article. --Partnerfrance (talk) 01:02, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Done. --212.157.116.18 (talk) 17:46, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

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