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Liver Bird designer Carl Bartels' honour 'rights a wrong' | Liver Bird designer Carl Bartels' honour 'rights a wrong' |
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The great grandson of the man who designed the Liverpool Liver Bird said a posthumous honour for his ancestor was "a wrong put right". | The great grandson of the man who designed the Liverpool Liver Bird said a posthumous honour for his ancestor was "a wrong put right". |
Tim Olden received the Citizen of Honour Award on behalf of Carl Bernard Bartels at a ceremony. | |
Bartels won a competition to create the sculptures for the Liverpool Royal Liver Building, which opened in 1911. | Bartels won a competition to create the sculptures for the Liverpool Royal Liver Building, which opened in 1911. |
The honour was made on the building's 100th anniversary, more than 50 years after the German sculptor died. | |
Mr Olden received the award at a ceremony at Liverpool Town Hall on Tuesday, following Mr Bartels' death in 1955. | |
"It's a fantastic thing to do and its only right that something should be done," Mr Olden said. | "It's a fantastic thing to do and its only right that something should be done," Mr Olden said. |
"It's late, it would have been great if it has been in his lifetime, but it is a wrong put right." | "It's late, it would have been great if it has been in his lifetime, but it is a wrong put right." |
The city council has accepted Bartels' contribution to Liverpool went unrecognised because of the fact he was German. | The city council has accepted Bartels' contribution to Liverpool went unrecognised because of the fact he was German. |
The onset of World War I and the sinking of the RMS Lusitania by a German u-boat on its way to Liverpool in 1915, led to a lot of anger directed at German people. | The onset of World War I and the sinking of the RMS Lusitania by a German u-boat on its way to Liverpool in 1915, led to a lot of anger directed at German people. |
"He had a tough time and of course his legacy was wiped out of the history books," Mr Olden explained. | "He had a tough time and of course his legacy was wiped out of the history books," Mr Olden explained. |
"There was a great xenophobia about the Germans once the Lusitania was sunk. | "There was a great xenophobia about the Germans once the Lusitania was sunk. |
"He came over here when he was 21 in 1887 and he lived here for 27 years, the majority of his working life building up a business. | "He came over here when he was 21 in 1887 and he lived here for 27 years, the majority of his working life building up a business. |
"He won the competition to do the Liver birds and then he was interned in a Prisoner of War Camp for being German." | "He won the competition to do the Liver birds and then he was interned in a Prisoner of War Camp for being German." |
Bartels was forcibly removed from his London home ahead of the World War I and taken to an internment camp on the Isle of Man before being repatriated to Germany. | Bartels was forcibly removed from his London home ahead of the World War I and taken to an internment camp on the Isle of Man before being repatriated to Germany. |
His plans and blueprints for the Liver Birds were destroyed during World War II after Liverpool was heavily bombed by Germany. | His plans and blueprints for the Liver Birds were destroyed during World War II after Liverpool was heavily bombed by Germany. |
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