This chapter analyses the symbolic and political decisions made during the second half of the twentieth century regarding the public space formerly known as Leninplatz [Lenin Square], situated in the district of Friedrichshain in East Berlin. Between 1949, the founding year of East Germany, and 1991, when the colossal statue of Lenin that dominated the square’s centre was toppled, a series of symbolic interventions were undertaken in this space to construct narratives aligned with the new regime that emerged following World War II. Using this unique case study—conceived here as a kind of Gesamtkunstwerk developed over the forty-two years encompassed by the chapter—the analysis seeks to demonstrate that public spaces function as contested arenas where the symbolic narrative of power is enacted.