Photograph
Dedication of "Iron Hindenburg" Statue
| Dedication of the "Iron Hindenburg" statue in Berlin. Present were the wife of Prince August Wilhelm, the wife of Field Marshall Hindenburg, and German Reichs Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg. |
| Image ID: | 134235 |
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| Creation Date: | 1914 |
| Creator Name: | Frankl, Eduard |
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| Collection Name: | Eduard Frankl World War I photographs collected by Hermann Schultz, 1914-1916 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | Ph 2848.1.9.1035.2 |
| Original Dimensions: | 6.5 x 4.75 inches |
| Typewritten caption reads: "Einweihung des Hindenburg Denkmal in Berlin. 1. Prinzessin August Wilhelm im Gespräch mit 2. der Frau des Generalfeldmarschall von Hindenburg. 3. Der Reichskanzler von Bethmann Hollweg." In 1914 a large wooden statue of Field Marshal Hindenburg was erected in Berlin as a fund-raising effort to support the war effort. Individuals would donated money in order to be allowed to drive iron nails into the statue. The idea being that financial sacrifices by civilians allowed German soldiers to assume a "hard as iron" character fighting their enemies. The statue remained standing throughout the war before being dismantled and destroyed. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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