Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial
The Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial also known as the Nameless Library stands in Judenplatz in the first district of Vienna. It is the central memorial for the Austrian victims of the Holocaust and was designed by British artist Rachel Whiteread.Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: memorial in Vienna, Austria
- Also known as: “Holocaust memorial” and “Nameless Library”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Judenplatz and St. Stephen’s Cathedral.
Judenplatz
Judenplatz is a town square in Vienna's Innere Stadt that was the center of Jewish life and the Viennese Jewish Community in the Middle Ages. It is located in the immediate proximity of Am Hof square, Schulhof, and Wipplingerstraße.
St. Stephen’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Stephen's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Vienna, Austria, and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Vienna. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna, Josef Grünwidl. St. Stephen’s Cathedral is situated 450 metres southeast of Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bermudadreieck and Alservorstadt.
Alservorstadt
Suburb
Photo: Michel Mougey, CC BY 3.0.
Alservorstadt was an independent municipality until 1850 and is since then divided between Josefstadt and Alsergrund, the 8th and 9th districts of Vienna, respectively.
Josefstadt
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Josefstadt is the 8th district of Vienna. It is bounded on the north side by Alser Straße, by the "2er Linie" on the east, Lerchenfelder Straße on the south, and the Gürtel on the west.
Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial
- Categories: Holocaust memorial, building, and historic site
- Location: Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.21169° or 48° 12′ 42″ northLongitude
16.36946° or 16° 22′ 10″ eastInception
October 25th, 2000Height
3.8 metres (12 feet)Open location code
8FWR6969+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 332340413OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q869983
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Հոլոքոստի զոհերին նվիրված հուշարձան”
- Bashkir: “Холокост ҡорбандарына һәйкәл”
- Czech: “Památník holokaustu (Vídeň)”
- Czech: “Památník holokaustu”
- Dutch: “Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial”
- French: “mémorial de la Shoah”
- French: “Mémorial de la Shoah”
- German: “Holocaust-Mahnmal”
- German: “Mahnmal für die österreichischen jüdischen Opfer der Schoah”
- German: “Mahnmal für die österreichischen jüdischen Opfer der Shoa”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת השואה ביודנפלאץ”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת השואה בכיכר היהודים”
- Italian: “Monumento alle vittime ebraiche austriache della Shoah”
- Russian: “Мемориал жертвам Холокоста”
- Russian: “Памятник жертвам холокоста”
- Russian: “Памятник жертвам Холокоста”
- Spanish: “Mahnmal für die österreichischen jüdischen Opfer der Schoah”
- Spanish: “Monumento a las víctimas del holocausto de Judenplatz”
- Tatar: “Холокост корбаннарына һәйкәл”
- Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник жертвам Голокосту (Відень)”
- Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник жертвам Голокосту”
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