sitting man statue

After German reunification, the Neue Wache was rededicated as the "Central Memorial of the Federal Republic of Germany for the Victims of War and Dictatorship." The sculpture (by Käthe Kollwitz) shows a Mother with her Dead Son. The pietà-style sculpture is directly placed under the oculus, and so is exposed to the rain, snow and cold of the Berlin climate, symbolizing the suffering of civilians during World War II.