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Head Fist Flag
A Thälmann monument – three years before the fall of the WallErnst Thälmann had moved the masses during the Weimar Republic. He failed to bring about the “victory of communism”.
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Neckerchief
In the pioneer organisation “Ernst Thälmann”It almost seemed that schoolchildren were born into the Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation.
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Evermore
A lyrical interludeHelplessness rubs along the surface. Dark foreboding. The snow alone makes the monument look fresh, perhaps even friendly for a moment.
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Irma’s Teddy
A possible biography of Irma ThälmannIrma rarely saw “Teddy” in the flesh. That’s what friends, supporters and comrades called her father.
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Prologue
The wrecking balls had grown weary. After the fall of the Wall, they had razed so many heroes of socialism. In 1993, Thälmann was due to be removed as well.
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