Memorial Turnertempel

On the night of November 9th to 10th, 1938, National Socialists during the November Pogrom destroyed all synagogues and buildings of the Jewish Community with the exception of the City Temple in the 1st District. The synagogue in Turnergasse in the 15th District was set on fire. On November 10th, 2011, the city of Vienna opened a artistic installation at this location, commemorating the synagogue. The project began in 2008 through an initiative of the district caretaking and the project team "Herklotzgasse 21", which dealt with the Jewish history of this building and the life of the Jewish community in the district. The installation at the Turnertempel was created by Iris Andraschek, Hubert Lobnig, Maria Auböck and János Kárász. Their design won the competition announced by KÖR - Art in Public Space. Concrete beams spread over the plaza symbolically represent the destroyed roof structure, complemented by mosaic tiles embedded in the ground. In addition, there is an explanatory plaque on site in English, Hebrew, Turkish and Serbian-Croatian translation.