Canadian unveils sculpture meant to heal war wounds in Europe

A Canadian artist has unveiled a poignant, globelike sculpture near the German-Polish border made with rubble and discarded weapons from the Second World War -- a creation aimed at healing scarred relations between two cities battered by the battles of 70 years ago.

Funded by the Canadian government, the Pasewalk-Police Phoenix is meant to be "a symbol for transformation and renewal" as well as an "artistic statement against violence," said Ontario sculptor Ernest Daetwyler, who used a $20,000 grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to complete the project.

The 45-year-old, Kitchener-area artist also had backing from officials in the cities of Pasewalk, Germany, and nearby Police, Poland, to incorporate remnants of destroyed buildings and damaged guns -- retrieved from war-era dump sites -- in the spherical structure erected on the outskirts of Pasewalk.

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