Song and Dance Man

Thank you, Donna Peckett, for helping Rilo find his groove!

Crash

Rilo's one-man-band style cover of his current favorite song.

and the answer is...

A million thank yous to Dan Hartung who saw this post through ask.metafilter and identified the place as the memorial to Kaiser Wilhelm in Berlin!
More photos and information here: http://uhlan.perso.libertysurf.fr/anglais/fete-nationalegb.html

Where in the World Are Billie and Piera?

The women pictured here are the Sidell Sisiters, Billie and Piera, famous dancers from Madison, Wisconsin. They toured Europe during the late 1920's and the 1930's. This is most likely around 1930. The information I have for this photographs merely says, "in Europe." Europe is a pretty big place, so I'd like to narrow it down a bit. The sign in the background suggests it is a German-speaking country. I've searched for a match on the sculpture behind the women for days without luck. Sad as it sounds, it is possible that the monument was demolished or destroyed in the war. Can anyone identify it or pin down the location by other clues?