Joseph Wackerle

[2] In 1937, Joseph Goebbels proposed Wackerle, who was the Reich Culture Senator, for the German National Prize for Art and Science.

In 1940, on his 60th Birthday, Wackerle received the Goethe Medal for Art and Science after a recommendation from Adolf Hitler.

He was highly rated as an artist by the Nazi rulers, and in August 1944 he was named by Adolf Hitler on the list of the most important German sculptors, which freed him from military duty.

[2] After the end of World War II Wackerle continued his artistic career and was still highly regarded in the Munich area.

In 1953, he was awarded the Visual Arts Promotion Prize by the city of Munich.

Neptune Fountain in the Alter Botanischer Garten in Munich
The Three Fates in St Stephen's Green , Dublin, donated by the German government in thanks for Operation Shamrock .