Käthe Kollwitz
March Cemetery
1913
Charcoal on Ingres laid paper
Ute Kahl Collection, Cologne
This drawing was used to prepare the lithograph of the same name, which commemorated March 18, 1848. On that day, 300 protesters fell victim to royal troops in Berlin during the revolutionary events of 1848/49. The rebels’ goals were national unity and political freedom in Germany. SPD circles commemorated these dead every year on March 18.