Wordless Wednesday
Tag: Germany
An Authentic Saint
This sculpture standing at the Dieter-Roser-Brücke in Esslingen was created by Bernhard Heiliger. Heiliger means saint in German. So a saint created the patron saint of the bridge. The sculpture is called “Großer Fährmann”, big ferryman. Monochrome Madness
He Never Left Them
Janusz Korczak was a Polish pediatrician and educator who refused to leave the children of the Jewish orphanage where he was working when they were moved to the Warsaw ghetto. He was murdered in the Treblinka extermination camp. This sculpture to honour his memory is … Continue reading He Never Left Them
Mirror Abstracts
Water, Water Everywhere
He Can Shove It!
This is castle ruin Burg Hornberg above the town of Neckarzimmern. In Germany it is mostly famous for being the home of Götz von Berlichingen, the title hero of Goethe’s play. Not many people know the play but they know the name and his famous … Continue reading He Can Shove It!
More Important than Ever
Luigi Toscano’s mural in Mannheim is called “Gegen das Vergessen” (against forgetting, or maybe more poignant: Lest we forget). The two portraits are of two Holocaust survivors. The quote from the woman reads: “We need to remember the past but we must not live in … Continue reading More Important than Ever
I Can See Clearly now the Rain Has Gone
FOWC with Fandango: Clarity
Queuing in the Time of Carnival
FOWC with Fandango: Queue
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