page_title: Wilhelm Wandschneider
section_title: Travel to America
hierarchical_section_title: Wilhelm Wandschneider / Life / Travel to America
caption_attribution_description: English: Memorial 1914/18 in Crivitz, sculpted by Wilhelm Wandschneider Deutsch: Kriegerdenkmal 1914/18 in Crivitz, Figur von Wilhelm Wandschneider
context_page_description: Wilhelm Georg Johannes Wandschneider was a German sculptor.
context_section_description: In 1913 Wandschneider entered a design competition sponsored by the Preetorious-Schurz-Daenzer Memorial Association of St. Louis, Missouri.   The association held the competition, sponsored primarily by Anheuser-Busch cofounder Adolphus Busch, to commemorate three German-American newspapermen of the same names.   Wandschneider's entry, a single nude female statue entitled "The Naked Truth" was selected as the winner by the jury, which subsequently invited Wandschneider to St. Louis to collect his winnings.   
  Unfortunately the Memorial Association, as well as Adolphus Busch himself, were not pleased with the selection of a nude as the winner.  Local residents were also upset, and sent the association over 250 letters of complaint. The association cabled Wandschneider, instructing him that they were rescinding the award and to stay in Germany.    Wandschneider reportedly received the cable shortly before leaving but decided to go anyway.  Upon arrival in St. Louis, Wandschneider met with the design committee and argued for the appropriateness of his design.  Wandschneider's personal appeals were effective and his design, The Naked Truth, was selected for execution.
caption: "The Kneeling Soldier", a figure that may be seen at several war memorials throughout Germany. This one is in Crivitz and dates from 1922.
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