European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Vonschiller Are immortalized in Bronze above. Goethe and Schiller stand Side by Side in front of the German National theater right. And shrubbery no doubt providing inspiration for his lyrical poetry. It too retains Many of the poet s personal belongings. A visitor still can find Goethe and Schiller Side by Side in this City and in two places. One is in front of the German National theater where they have stood since 1857 in a Bronze statue created by Ernst Rietschel in this work Goethe has a hand placed supportively on his Friend s right shoulder. They Are also Side by Side in death their coffins placed in the dark Damp cellar of a Tomb that also holds the remains of the Ducal family of Thuringer. Despite the Royal company the crypt is known As the Goethe Schiller Tomb and is located in the historical cemetery. During world War ii the two men s bodies were removed for safekeeping and returned at the end of the fighting. The presence of Goethe Schiller and their friends in this City was the continuation not the Start of the City s cultural history Johann Sebastian Bach began his most fruitful period of composition while serving As court organist in Weimar from 1708 to 1717. He was arrested and jailed when he attempted to resign the position. Composer Franz Liszt lived nere from 1848 to 1861. There Are  associated with the arts of Germany that Are linked to Weimar they May be foreign to american ears Lucas cranach 16th-Century Painter Martin Gottlieb Klauer 18th-Century sculptor and Georg Melchior Kraus 18.th-Century Painter and etcher but they helped shape the culture of a nation and the history of one town. Is photo by Ron Jensen William Shakespeare sits in the Shade of a Park near the urn River left. Painter Lucas cranach was born Ink Roach and is remembered with this sculpture near the City Hall. Fast facts the Park where Goethe s Gartenhaus is found includes several monuments. One is to Franz list. Another is to William Shakespeare which one Guidebook says is the Only one to the great English dramatist in All of Germany. Also in the Park is a soviet cemetery where the dead from world War ii lie in quiet and neglected repose. The grass has grown tall behind the Gate marked with the Hammer and sickle perhaps a purposeful attempt to turn away from the past. Between 1940 and 1946, exactly 121 valuable paintings disappeared from Weimar. Prominent nazis american conquerors and russian occupiers All Are blamed. After 1933, one of the City s main arteries was named for Adolf Hitler. It was an appropriate name for the Street led directly North to the Buchenwald concentration Camp a Short drive from Weimar. The Telephone number for the Weimar tourist information Center is 03643-762342. Ron Jensen August 12, 1993 stripes Magazine 11