A West German city will have a statue of Lenin…
The Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany will erect a statue of V.I. Lenin in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhein-Westphalia. The city government wanted to prevent this project, and led a lengthy court battle with the Marxists, which it lost.
The Lenin statue was made in the USSR, and was acquired by the Marxists from an unnamed Czech city in an auction.