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In the weed of Neukölln

Neukölln and its hard-working inhabitants did not care for Wilhelminian pathos. The equestrian statue of emperor Wilhelm I – “Wilhelm the Great” as stated in huge letters on the pedestal – was covered in weeds shortly after its erection. At the end of World War II it was smelted, today only the pedestal reminds one of its existence. In an ironic turn, the Hohenzollernplatz it once graced was renamed Karl Marx Platz in 1945.