Walter Lemcke
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Walter E. Lemcke was a German sculptor who mainly worked in bronze. He produced numerous sculptures for Nazi Germany, including the eagles holding swastikas that flanked the entrance of the Ministry o
Tänzerin (Dancer) 1953, located in Grugapark, Essen
The head of Lemcke's 4.5 m eagle sculpture
Berliner olympic torch
Ausrangierte Olympiaglocke von Berlin
Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus
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The Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus is a building in Berlin that, at the time of its construction, was the largest office building in Europe. It was constructed between February 1935 and August 1936 to house th
Walter Lemcke
…building, themselves gripping swastikas and stood atop decorative columns. At the end of World War II the sculptures were removed from what is now the Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus. Perhaps Lemcke's most significant eagle statue was the one that once stood on the roof of the Berlin Tempelhof Airport. Designed by Ernst Sagebiel and…
Detlev Rohwedder House in 2017
The Air Ministry Building, December 1938
Construction of the Air Ministry Building, 1935
Panorama of the GDR-era Max Lingner mural