Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial - Judenpl.

Name: Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial - Judenpl.
Address: Judenpl., 1010 Wien, Austria, Wien, 1010, Austria

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Address :	Judenpl., 1010 Wien, Austria
Phone :	📞 +
Postal code :	1010
Website :	http://www.jmw.at/de/exhibitions/museum-judenplatz
Categories :	Tourist attraction , Memorial park ,
City :	Wien
Description :	Also known as the Nameless Library, this monument honors Austrian Jews killed in the Holocaust.

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V	Vlad on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A quite, shine white and pleasant square today. Somewhere here it should by a delimitation line marked on the pavement. Discover it and if you are with a tour guide, ask him about the history of this sign. Many are crossing by did not knowing about but it has to have a meaning
R	Russell Wilkinson on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is such a beautiful square with its baroque style and the memorial known as the Nameless Library, designed by British artist Rachel Whiteread, it stands on the site of a medieval synagogue destroyed in the 1420 persecution tho its mainly a memorial to Austrian victims of the holocaust in the years 1938-45. If you look closely you will see its like rows of books the wrong way round on the shelves.
B	BradJill on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One of two interesting monuments at Judenplatz is the Holocaust Memorial which is dedicated to the 65,000 Viennese Jews who were killed during the Holocaust (1941-45). The memorial was designed by British artist Rachel Whiteread and is an interesting library concept. Here you see 11 shelves filled with endless copies of the same book. Interestingly, the spine of the books are turned inward so that you don't know the title of the books, which are supposed to stand for the many victims of the Holocaust and their lives. It is a touching memorial and gesture to the victims of the Holocaust and something that is well worth spending a few minutes to appreciate if visiting and planning to spend time in this area of Vienna.
C	Con Stroulios on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Concrete block in the middle of this platz, doors with no handles and books with the spines turned inwards and the pages facing out, making the ridges of the walls, displayed on bookcases, all of this is a Monument memorial dedicated to the Austrian Jews.
m	macedonboy on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Judenplatz Holocaust Memoria a memorial dedicated especially to the Jewish victims of fascism in Austria. The monument takes the form of a tomb and symbolic resting place of the Jews. The memorial is a steel and concrete rectangular building with an outside surfaces carved with countless books stacked together to give the appearance of library shelves turned inside out as the spines of the books face the inside. The books are an allegory to the countless number of victims and a reference to the Jews as "People of the Book." Around the tomb and on the concrete ground are etched the names of the concentration camps, lest we forget. A very respectful monument and plus one for the memory.
P	Paul Heller on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Obviously a place for remembrance dedicated to the Austrian Jews murdered during the Holocaust. Solemn place located on Judenplatz, home to one of Europe's oldest and biggest synagogues.
S	Shachar Pinkas on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Important holocaust memorial in Judenplatz. Nearby there's a Jewish museum worth a visit.
S	Shane Dunne on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MEMORIAL TO THE AUSTRIAN JEWISH VICTIMS OF THE SHOAH This memorial commemorates the 65,000 Viennese Jews who were murdered during the Nazi regime. It was created on the initiative of Simon Wiesenthal (1908-2005). The reinforced concrete cube by the British artist Rachel Whiteread (b. 1963) represents an introverted, non-accessible library. Countless editions of the apparently same book stand for the large number of victims and their life stories. The Judenplatz is a place of Jewish memory and present. It was the center of Vienna's first Jewish community in the Middle Ages and was home to one of the largest synagogues in Europe. Important rabbinical leaders taught here. 1421, the entire Jewish community was expelled or murdered. The foundations of the destroyed synagogue are located below the memorial. They were discovered in 1995 and can be visited in Museum Judenplatz. There you can also get insights into the history of the medieval Jewish community and the emergence of the memorial.