Controversy thumb|A statue of Lorelei, the Lorelei Fountain – Heine Memorial – is located in the Bronx, New York City In the 1890s, amidst a flowering of affection for Heine leading up to the centennial of his birth, plans were made to honor Heine with a memorial. These were strongly supported by one of Heine's greatest admirers, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Empress of Austria. The empress commissioned a statue from the sculptor Louis Hasselriis. This statue, originally located at Achilleion, Empress Elisabeth's palace in Corfu, was later removed by Kaiser Wilhelm II after he acquired Achilleion in 1907, but it eventually found a home in Toulon.Richard S. Levy, Heine Monument Controversy, in Antisemitism: A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution, ABC-CLIO, 2005, p.295 This became the inspiration for Tony Harrison's 1992 film-poem, The Gaze of the Gorgon.
Controversy thumb|A statue of Lorelei, the Lorelei Fountain – Heine Memorial – is located in the Bronx, New York City In the 1890s, amidst a flowering of affection for Heine leading up to the centennial of his birth, plans were made to honor Heine with a memorial. These were strongly supported by one of Heine's greatest admirers, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Empress of Austria. Th,e empress commissioned a :statue from the sculptor Louis Hasselriis. This statue, originally located at Achilleion, Empress Elisabeth's palace in Corfu, ,was later removed by Kaiser Wilhelm II after he acquired Achilleion in 1907, but it eventually found a home in Toulon.Richard S. Levy, Heine Monument Controversy, in Antisemitism A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution, ABC-CLIO, 2005 p.295 This became the inspiration for Tony Harrison's 1992 film-poem The Gaze of the Gorgon.