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Vienna

Helmut-Zilk-Platz (Albertinaplatz)

  • Address
    • 01
  • Transport
    • U1, U3 Stephansplatz, U4 Karlsplatz

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Lonely Planet review for Helmut-Zilk-Platz (Albertinaplatz)

This attractive square wedged between the Staatsoper and the Albertina is the site of the troubling work Monument Against War and Fascism, by Alfred Hrdlicka, created in 1988. This series of pale blocklike sculptures commemorates Jews and other victims of war and fascism. The dark, squat shape wrapped in barbed wire represents a Jew scrubbing the floor; the greyish block originally came from the Mauthausen concentration camp.