The Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial also known as the Nameless Library stands in Judenplatz in the first district of Vienna. It is the central memorial for the Austrian victims of the Holocaust and was
The Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial
Mainside of the Holocaust Memorial
Shadow of a passerby at the memorial
Corner detail view of the "books"
The memorial against war and fascism is a work by the Austrian sculptor Alfred Hrdlicka. It has been standing since 1988 on the Albertinaplatz in Vienna – named after Helmut Zilk in 2009 – opposite th
Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial
…artist Rachel Whiteread. The memorial began with an initiative of Simon Wiesenthal. Wiesenthal became a spokesman for the public offense taken over the Mahnmal gegen Krieg und Faschismus in Albertinaplatz, created by Alfred Hrdlicka in 1988, which portrayed Jewish victims in an undignified way. As a result of this controversy, Wiesenthal…
The memorial against war and fascism at the Helmut-Zilk-Platz
The "Gate of Violence" with the bronze sculpture of the kneeling Jew
"Orpheus enters Hades" with the "Stone of the Republic" in the background
Memorial (2009) with three additions: "Portrait Bonhoeffer"/ "Orpheus II" (back left)/"Orpheus I" (back right)