The original girl standing in front of the Drama Theatre was dedicated to the German poet Simon Dach (1605-1659) and was erected in 1912 by the Berlin sculptor Alfred Kune. The poor lass disappeared at some unknown time during World War II, possibly with the help of the Nazis (who were supposedly upset that she had her back turned towards a ranting Führer, shouting at the masses from the theatre balcony in 1939), or possibly courtesy of the Soviets (who stole just about every thing that wasn’t nailed down during their unwelcome stay in the country). In any event, a replacement was constructed from old photographs in 1990, and the girl, of whom Dach wrote a famous folk song, is now back where she belongs.