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Tomb of Karl Marx vandalised in London – By AFP – February 5, 2019 @ 10:55pm
LONDON: Vandals have smashed and defaced the London tomb of Karl Marx in what the cemetery said appeared to be a deliberate attack against the philosopher’s ideology.
A marble plaque with the names of Marx and his family – the monument’s oldest and most fragile part – was repeatedly hit with a blunt metal instrument, Ian Dungavell, who runs the cemetery trust, told AFP.
The damage was discovered on Monday, he said.
“The name of Karl Marx seems to have been particularly singled out, so it wasn’t just a random smashing up of a monument – it seems a very targeted attack on Karl Marx,” said Dungavell, chief executive of the Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust, the charity which runs the graveyard.
The granite slab monument in north London, 12 feet (3.7 metres) tall and topped with a bronze bust of Marx, was funded in 1956 by the Communist Party of Great Britain.
The inset marble plaque that has been damaged came from the original simpler grave.
The lettering and stonework was damaged, particularly around Marx’s name, the date of his wife’s death and the name of their grandson Harry Longuet, who died aged four.