Der Rufer

{{Short description|Sculpture series by Gerhard Marcks}}

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Der Rufer ({{lit|The Caller}}) is a bronze sculpture by Gerhard Marcks created in 1967. Casts of the original sculpture are located in Bremen, Berlin and Perth. The statue is of a barefooted man in a robe, cupping his hands to his mouth as if shouting.

The original commission in 1967 was for a statue outside a telecommunications building in Bremen.{{cite web |url= http://www.radiobremen.de/ueber_uns/unternehmen/rb_neu/rufer.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071125083712/http://www.radiobremen.de/ueber_uns/unternehmen/rb_neu/rufer.html |archive-date=2007-11-25 |title=Der 'Rufer' steht nun an der Weser: Umzug der Bronzeplastik von Gerhard Marcks |language=de |publisher=Radio Bremen. radiobremen.de |date=November 22, 2007 |access-date=2018-09-18}}

In 1982, a version of the statue was presented to the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth by CSR Limited. The Perth statue was dedicated to victims and survivors of torture in 1998.{{cite web|title=Der Rufer (The Caller), Perth Cultural Centre|url=http://www.mra.wa.gov.au/see-and-do/perth-cultural-centre/attractions/der-rufer-the-caller|publisher=Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority. mra.wa.gov.au|access-date=2017-04-16|language=en-au|archive-date=16 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416222752/http://www.mra.wa.gov.au/see-and-do/perth-cultural-centre/attractions/der-rufer-the-caller|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Torture Victims & Survivors ( "Der Rufer ") {{!}} Monument Australia |url=https://www.monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/culture/crime/display/102240-torture-victims-and-survivors-(-der-rufer-) |website=www.monumentaustralia.org.au |access-date=7 September 2020 |archive-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428185023/https://www.monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/culture/crime/display/102240-torture-victims-and-survivors-%28-der-rufer-%29 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|page=11|last=Hauser |first=Kitty |date=8 January 2015 |title=Public works |website=The Australian}}

Shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall, a cast of the statue was installed near the Brandenburg Gate in Tiergarten in Berlin. The inscription contains a message of peace.{{Cite web |date=2018-11-20 |title="Der Rufer", Gerhard Marcks |url=https://www.berlin.de/mauer/orte/gedenkorte/artikel.297851.php |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=Berlin.de |language=de}}{{cite web |url=http://statues.vanderkrogt.net/object.php?record=debe037 |title=Berlin - Der Rufer |website=Statues.vanderkrogt.net |date=August 10, 2013 |access-date=2016-11-13 |archive-date=28 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428101756/http://statues.vanderkrogt.net/object.php?record=debe037 |url-status=live }}