Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial

The Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial also known as the Nameless Library stands in in the first district of . It is the central memorial for the Austrian victims of the Holocaust and was designed by British artist Rachel Whiteread.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: memorial in Vienna, Austria
  • Also known as: “Holocaust memorial”, “Holocaust-Mahnmal”, “Mahnmal für die österreichischen jüdischen Opfer der Shoa”, and “Nameless Library”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Stephen’s Cathedral and Judenplatz.

Church
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St. Stephen's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in , and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Vienna. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna, Josef Grünwidl. is situated 450 metres southeast of Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial.

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is a square in 's that was the center of Jewish life in the city in the Middle Ages. It is located in the immediate proximity of Am Hof square, Schulhof, and Wipplingerstraße.

Synagogue
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bermudadreieck and Servitenviertel.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Quarter
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was an independent municipality until 1850 and is since then divided between and , the 8th and 9th districts of , respectively.

Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial

Latitude
48.21169° or 48° 12′ 42″ north
Longitude
16.36946° or 16° 22′ 10″ east
Inception
October 25th, 2000
Height
3.8 metres (12 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FWR6969+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 332340413
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data 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: “Mahnmal für die österreichischen jüdischen Opfer der Schoah”
  • 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: “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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