Minggu, 09 Agustus 2020
Hunting for Karl Marx's Original Tomb in the City of London
If while visiting the city of London, England, you feel bored with Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben or a series of museums, maybe this place can be an alternative tourist location.
The place is Highgate Cemetery, aka Highgate Cemetery, which is located on the north side of London. Excursions to the cemetery? Why not, because Highgate Cemetery isn't just any grave.
Apart from being beautifully and beautifully appointed, this tomb is also a place to "reside" one of the most famous figures in world history, namely the initiator of the ideology of socialism, Karl Marx.
The 15-hectare night which was officially used in 1839 is divided into east and west sides separated by a small road.
Highgate Cemetery now houses 53,000 tombs which are the final resting places for at least 170,000 bodies. However, the most famous and most visited tomb is the tomb of Karl Marx.
One afternoon, Kompas.com took the time to visit this famous tomb, with Anton Alifandi, a former journalist, who has lived in London for more than 20 years.
We had to traverse the beautiful Waterlow Gardens to reach the cemetery. Upon arriving at the end of the park, the east side of Highgate immediately emblazoned the typical face of Karl Marx at the entrance
And it turns out, to "bloom" to the tomb of Karl Marx is not free. Visitors are charged a rate of 4 pounds, or around Rp. 80,000 per person.
Having to pay was a joke when we bought the entrance ticket.
"This is called capitalizing socialism," said Anton, who was greeted by laughter from the ticket office.
After buying tickets and taking a map, we then headed to the location of the monument in memory of Karl Marx, which is less than 100 meters from the entrance.
After walking for about five minutes, on the right side of the path that goes along Kompas.com, you can see a monument complete with a bust of Karl Marx.
Several visitors were seen at the place, taking photos and placing garlands on the floor of the monument.
On the monument is the inscription "Workers of all lands unite" or "Workers of the world, unite", which has become the jargon of the worldwide left.
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Not a real tomb
We then followed a small paved road that was cut around the cemetery, while the paths extended into the "hinterland" of the cemetery which was covered with lush trees that closely resembled a forest.
Halfway through, we realized that the direction we had taken was wrong and would not lead us to the original tomb of the author of Das Kapital.
Finally we both searched again from the starting point which is the bust of Karl Marx and tried the many walking trails that are available in that place.
After about 30 minutes of searching, we finally found the real tomb belonging to this famous figure. In that place, we met a couple of local tourists who were looking for the original tomb of the philosopher.
The tomb was simple, just a layer of gray, cracked concrete with faded, hard to read writing on it.
A line of lines can still be read, albeit with difficulty, that states that Karl Marx's body was transferred to a new tomb in November 1956.
It has no country
When he died at the age of 64 on March 14, 1883, Karl Marx had the status of stateless. His funeral at Highgate on 17 March 1883 was attended by only 11 mourners who were Marx's closest friends, one of whom was Friederich Engels.
In November 1954, Marx's body; his wife, Jenny von Westphaen; her daughter, Eleanor and her two grandsons Harry Longuet and Helena Demuth, were moved to a new location which is now a tourist point in London.
The memorial to Karl Marx at his new tomb was inaugurated on March 14, 1956 and the British Communist Party completed the monument with Laurence Bradshaw's bust of Marx.
In 1970, a group of people armed with homemade bombs tried to destroy this Karl Marx monument, but the attempt failed.
After finding the original tomb of Karl Marx, we headed home. But at the exit, there is a notice board intended for visitors.
Its contents, expect visitors to make voluntary donations for the maintenance costs of the grave which reach 1,000 pounds, or around Rp 20 million a day.
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