The left-wing extremist party MLPD is to be set up this Saturday in front of its Headquarters in Gelsenkirchen, there is a Statue of Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924). The action is highly controversial: One of the city’s adopted building freeze was quashed by the higher administrative court of NRW. Lenin, standing for violence, oppression, Terror, and terrible human suffering, had observed the district representation Gelsenkirchen-West in a Resolution.
The MLPD Chairman Gabi Fechtner holds Lenin, however, for a “world-historically significant thought leader and champion for freedom and democracy for the masses”. To expect the formal unveiling of the publicly visible Statue, by the protection of the Constitution watched party more than 300 guests. The Statue was cast in 1957 in Czechoslovakia. It is about two feet tall. Two counter-demonstrations have been announced.
city is committed to informing
Once you could not prevent the preparation, the city continues to be education: the school is no place for Lenin, the commune also starts on Saturday an Online video project, in which experts comment on the statement. The city wants to publish the posts on various Social Media channels. They are intended to stimulate further discussion and exchange of arguments. Since Friday, the city is in the neighbouring castle of Horst in addition, an exhibition on the history of communism.
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