Hamburg held a competition to re-imagine its monument to Otto Von Bismarck. Its failure reveals the struggle facing decolonial movements in Europe.
Otto Von Bismarck towers over the city of Hamburg.
Standing atop a hill at 34 metres tall, the monument in the north German port city is the world’s largest statue of Germany’s first chancellor, and can be seen from hundreds of metres away.
The statue has weathered many storms since its completion in 1907 – it survived two World Wars, became a canvas for graffiti artists and endured the classic wear-and-tear of any city monument exposed to the elements.
That’s why in 2014, Hamburg decided to refurbish it –
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