Under the title "Art in the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Reich" class="extiw" title="en:Third Reich">Third Reich</a>" there is written the following non copyrighted text:
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<p class="Zitat">„In 1937 Hannover City Council hin der entsprechenden Form sind.ad the 4.5-metre statue of a torch-bearer by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Scheuernstuhl" class="extiw" title="en:Hermann Scheuernstuhl">Hermann Scheuernstuhl</a> (1884-1982) set atop the 18-metre column erected in 1936 for the inauguration of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maschsee" class="extiw" title="en:Maschsee">Maschsee</a>. Nazi art idolised health and strength. Poised on a sphere, the nude figure refers to the Nazi salute and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_flame" class="extiw" title="en:Olympic flame">Olympic flame</a> carried to the games for the first time in 1936. The "Victory Column" glorified the Nazi State on its plinth inscription, from which the swastika was strugged off in 1945“</p>
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<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Bernd_Schwabe_in_Hannover" class="extiw" title="de:Benutzer:Bernd Schwabe in Hannover">Bernd Schwabe in Hannover</a>
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