Tag #Sed Dictatorship

What are the immediate consequences of the protest at the Lenin statue in Schwerin, and how does this action reflect broader concerns about historical memory and public monuments in Germany?

In Schwerin, Germany, approximately three dozen representatives from victim organizations protested a Lenin statue, highlighting the brutality of the "Red Terror" responsible for the deaths of 35,000 German civilians in Soviet-occupied zones and the early DDR. They called for its removal and replacement with a memorial for Arno Esch, a Rostock law student executed in 1951.