Memorial Standpunkt History

On November 3, 2004, the memorial "Standpunkt Geschichte" was unveiled in the district of Hietzing, at the corner of Neue-Welt-Gasse / Eitelbergergasse. It commemorates the destruction of a synagogue at this location during the November Pogrom of 1938. The memorial was initiated by the Volkshochschule Hietzing as part of a project on the processing of the history of Jews and Jewish women in the 13th district. The erection of the memorial was supported by the Cultural Commission of the district council by SPÖ, ÖVP, and Greens, but not by the FPÖ. The design was carried out by Hans Kupelwieser. A glass-plexiglass stele allows for a view of the synagogue before its destruction through an optical effect. For this, the viewer must take a specific position. The stele contains an explanation in German and Hebrew.