Memorials

Memorial at the Stadttempel Synagogue

The memorial site for Jewish Victims of the Shoah in the foyer of the Vienna Stadttempel Synagogue was opened at the end of 2002. It is a memorial for the 65,000 assassinated Austrian Jews, whose names are engraved on rotating slate tablets.

In the center of the memorial, which was created by architect Thomas Feiger, a broken-off granite column symbolizes the Jewish community of Vienna, which was destroyed in 1938 by the Nazis.

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Contact:
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1010 Vienna
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Memorial Judenplatz

Judenplatz was the centre of what was once the Jewish Town, first mentioned in docu-ments in 1294.

It was here that stood the Or-Sarua Synagogue, the Jewish School and the Ritual Bath. This first Jewish community in Vienna fell victim to a pogrom in 1420/21, in which 800 inhabitants of the district were expelled or murdered and the buildings were destroyed.

Rachel Whiteread’s Holocaust Memorial stands on the ruins of the former synagogue, and commemorates the 65,000 Austrian Jews murdered under the Nazis. The outer wall of the Memorial consists of books cast in concrete, their spines facing inwards. A concrete library, books that no-one can read, sentences that cannot be found.

Opening times:
The Memorial is open to the public.

Contact
Judenplatz, 1010 Wien
Jewish Museum Judenplatz
www.jmw.at

Mauthausen Memorial

Between 1938 and 1945, around 190,000 people from over 40 nations were imprisoned in the Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps or one of the subcamps. At least 90,000 people were killed. Today the Mauthausen Memorial is an international site of remembrance and a place of historical and political education.

There is no charge to visit the Mauthausen Memorial; entry tickets are required and can be obtained from the Visitor Centre/Bookshop.

Mauthausen - Raum der Namen. Foto: Fotoarchiv der KZ-Gedenkstätte Mauthausen

Opening Times:

01.03. – 31.10.: Monday to Sunday: 09:00 am to 5:30 pm (last entry 4:45 pm)

01.11. – 29.02.: Tuesday to Sunday: 09:00 am to 3:45 pm (last entry 3:00 pm), closed Mondays

24.12. – 26.12., 31.12. and 01.01.: Closed.

Contact:
Visitor Centre, Erinnerungsstraße 1
4310 Mauthausen
http://www.mauthausen-memorial.org

Ebensee Memorial

The barracks of the camp were destroyed soon after the liberation. Visiting the former area of the camp you can only see the former entrance gate of the camp. The victims’ cemetery is also located in this area, at the place where one of the mass graves secretly, created by the SS shortly before the liberation of the camp was found. The gallery systems still exist and in one of the huge tunnels a bilingual exhibition (German/English) gives a detailed description of the camp’s history. The remains of a staircase (called “Löwengang”) can also be visited.