Court approves statue of Soviet leader Lenin in Germany
A court has given the go-ahead for the installation of a statue of Vladimir Lenin in a city in western Germany, following a row over whether the monument to the Soviet leader should be allowed.
The City of Gelsenkirchen’s administration had tried to stop the construction, put forward by the Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany (MLDP), citing the possibility the statue would affect the appearance of a neighbouring property, a three-story former savings bank.
The administrative court of Gelsenkirchen dismissed this claim, saying the statue’s moderate size and distance from the property meant it would not affect the view of the building.
The court found that the historical and political aspects of Lenin, also cited by the city, were irrelevant under monument protection la...
