“Please take a seat but be careful, don’t fall asleep!” This sculpture in Erfurt, named Little Sandman (Sandmännchen), refers to a German children’s bedtime television programme using stop motion animation.
It happens to be that both parts of Germany, East and West, had broadcasted such a series with slightly different figures:
Sources / More info
- Sandmännchen The history of the Little Sandman on Wikipedia [ENG]
- Sandmännchen Official website of the Little Sandman [DEU]