Marx-Engels-Forum

IF YOU ARE IN BERLIN IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR MUST VISIT CHECK LIST.
Marx-Engels-Forum is a public park in the central Mitte district of Berlin, the capital of Germany. It is named for Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, authors of The Communist Manifesto of 1848 and regarded as two of the most influential people in the socialist movement. The park was created by the authorities of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1986.
It consists of a rectangular wooded park with a large, circular paved area in the center with Engelhardt's sculpture of Marx and Engels. Behind the statues is a wall with reliefs showing scenes from the history of the German socialist movement. The inauguration took place in 1986. The bronze sculpture, larger than life-size, depicts Marx seated and Engels standing upon a small platform, gazing fixedly towards the east, “past the stelae and toward a socialist paradise.
After German reunification in 1990, the future of the Marx-Engels Forum became the subject of public controversy. The sculpture was vandalized with the phrase Wir sind unschuldig (we are innocent) scrawled on the pedestal. A survey conducted by the Berlin art journal Pan inquired about the public’s thoughts on the monument; 67 percent of respondents were in favor of keeping the monument standing while 23 percent advocated for its removal.

Karl Marx - a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist...

Friedrich Engels met Marx in 1844 and the two became lifelong friends and collaborators of Marxism.

A must visit place near Alexanderplatz, Berlin. Behind the statue, Spree river is running. Best place for picnic with family and kids!

We walked a lot during our visit to Berlin. Of course, you can't miss the Marx-Engels Forum during your visit. It is a public park in the central district of Mitte in It is named after the German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, authors of the Communist Manifesto of 1848 and considered two of the most influential people in the socialist movement. We learned a lot from them at school, and they certainly belong in history as political thinkers.

Lovely couple of statues, with an accompanying audio story that’s well worth listening to. Provides great views of the TV tower and a good way to flesh out a trip to the tower.

a must seen place / monument in Berlin. Nice view and nice spot for cool pictures

Lovely park with modern art and statues with nearby attractions shops and bars and cafes

An interesting statue that displays larger than life versions of two very famous names from history.

This park was created by the authorities of the former German Democratic Republic in 1986 and named for Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels authors of the pamphlet The Communist Manifesto. The statues are now a tourist attraction close to the Spree river and TV tower.

Great Christmas market with iconic backdrop. Worth taking the wheel ride for €7 pp and getting a view.

Great statues of Marx and Engels with chairs around to sit on to simply read or think or breath fresh air. I like the marble sculpture at the back of the statue near the river as it seems to depict the struggle of the working class which both philosophers reflected upon and defended in their opuses.

Amazing park east side Berlin.

Come around, watch the monument and learn more about Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It's a bit hidden away even tho their theories and writings about capitalism are still important, maybe even more so in this day and age.

Karl Marx,born in Germany,the author of Das Capital developed his thought in collaboration with German thinker Fredrick Eagles had to live in London in exile for decades as he became stateless for his political publication.His political and philosophical thought had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic and political history and his name has been used as an adjective, a noun and a school of social theory.
Marx's theories about society, economics and politics – collectively understood as Marxisim

Iconic statue for an iconic square.

Beautiful Christmas market and way less crowded than others

Nice park with statues of Marx and Engels close to Museum Island. Great place to chill out with a coffee between visits to all the museums this area holds or after climbing to the top of the Berliner Dom.

Must-visit when in Berlin. Amazing sculpture!

I visited Berlin, Germany in May 2019 as a student in the Rutgers University Learning Abroad program. The Marx-Engels-Forum sculpture was part of a group urban navigation assignment. Our professor had us navigate through Berlin in small groups on an urban scavenger hunt, and this landmark was my group's final destination. I really enjoyed seeing this piece of art in person and researching its meaning. I absolutely love how Berlin embraces the arts! It was a refreshing experience for this American college student.

Very well maintained statues; the scale has a very Soviet feel. Considering almost every monument to National Socialism has been wiped out, they do a very good job of memorialising Communism in Berlin. Not that I'm a particular fan of either ideology, but it's interesting to see the contrast.

really great place to get photos with your idol