Original sentence: Bartels returned to the United Kingdom and lived and worked there until his death in 1955, producing carvings for Durham Cathedral, various stately homes and even making artificial limbs during the Second World War.Bartels, a wood carver from Stuttgart, Germany, moved to Britain after visiting the country during his honeymoon in 1887.Carl Bernard Bartels (1866-1955), sculptor.During the First World War, Bartels was imprisoned in an internment camp on the Isle of Man before being forcibly repatriated to Germany, leaving behind his wife in England.In the early years of the twentieth century, while living and working in Harringay, London, Bartels entered and won a competition to design the Liver birds which stand on the top of Walter Aubrey Thomas’s Royal Liver Building on the Pier Head in central Liverpool
Edited sentence: Amidst the xenophobia of the First World War, the City of Liverpool erased all mention of Carl Bernard Bartels, and not only did the the British authorities imprison Bartels in an internment camp on the Isle of Man, he was also, when war was over, forcibly repatriated to Germany, leaving behind his wife in England.Bartels, a wood carver from Stuttgart, went to England on his honeymoon in 1887 and decided to make his home in Britain.Carl Bernard Bartels (1866-1955) designed the Liver Bird sculptures that crown Liverpool's Royal Liver Building.Despite the shameful treatment he received, he struggled with bureaucracy and returned to his adopted country.He lived and worked in England until his death in 1955, producing carvings for Durham Cathedral, various stately homes and even making artificial limbs during World War Two.Historical and architectural websites are at last starting to mention Bartels’ contribution and to restore his place in history.In the early years of the twentieth century, living and working in Harringay, London, Carl Bernard entered and won a competition to design Liver Birds for the top of Walter Aubrey Thomas’s Liver Building, groundbreaking in its use of reinforced concrete.In the late 1990s, some descendants of Carl Bernard made a pilgrimage to Liverpool, met with city representatives in an effort to begin a process of rediscovery and long overdue recognition.The Liver Birdman