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Statue by Nazi-era artist removed from Bay Area college campus FacebookTwitterEmail A Change.org petition from three students calls for the removal of a Nazi-era statue from St. Mary’s College in Moraga.Change.org A statue by a German sculptor celebrated by the Nazi Party during World War II has been removed from display at St. Mary’s College in Moraga after three students circulated a petition demanding its ouster. The metal statue of a boy and a falcon by sculptor Fritz von Graevenitz, who also sculpted Nazi-era works in the 1930s and 1940s, was taken down from the courtyard of the camp...

Sculpture by Nazi-era artist removed from St. Mary’s College in Moraga [San Francisco Chronicle] Feb. 27—A statue by a German sculptor celebrated by the Nazi party during World War II has been removed from display at St. Mary’s College in Moraga after three students circulated a petition demanding its ouster. The metal statue of a boy and a falcon by sculptor Fritz von Graevenitz, who also sculpted Nazi-era works in the 1930s and 1940s, was taken down from the courtyard of the campus art museum and placed in storage at the order of college administrators. “We have removed it temporari...