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'Hitler's favorite' on display
By Mark Landler The New York Times
Published: July 24, 2006
SCHWERIN, Germany Suddenly, after years of obscurity in his native land, attention is being paid to Arno Breker, the German sculptor whose monumental neo-classical figures so vividly expressed Nazi racial ideology that he became known as "Hitler's favorite sculptor."
First there was a flap over two Breker statues that stand near the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, where the World Cup final was held this month. A few critics argued, without success, that they should have been removed, or covered up, to avoid offending those going to the game.
Now, this town in northeastern Germany is mounting the first publicly financed exhibition since World War II devoted to the works of Breker, who died in 1991 at the age of 90.
By Mark Landler The New York Times
Published: July 24, 2006
SCHWERIN, Germany Suddenly, after years of obscurity in his native land, attention is being paid to Arno Breker, the German sculptor whose monumental neo-classical figures so vividly expressed Nazi racial ideology that he became known as "Hitler's favorite sculptor."
First there was a flap over two Breker statues that stand near the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, where the World Cup final was held this month. A few critics argued, without success, that they should have been removed, or covered up, to avoid offending those going to the game.
Now, this town in northeastern Germany is mounting the first publicly financed exhibition since World War II devoted to the works of Breker, who died in 1991 at the age of 90.
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