A Letter To The Stars. Flowers of remembrance.'

in German:
'A Letter To The Stars. Blumen der Erinnerung.'

 

On the day before the remembrance ceremony, 80,000 flowers of remembrance – in memory of the 80,000 Austrian victims of National Socialism – were installed on Stephansplatz in cooperation with the University of Applied Arts as an impressive memorial. On 5 May 2006, the “National Day of Remembrance Against Violence and Racism in Memory of the Victims of National Socialism”, school students, survivors, army recruits and people rendering community service, as well as interested parties, removed the white roses from the installation and brought them to all places in Austria where people lived before their expulsion and murder.

in German:
Am Tag vor der Gedenkaktion werden die 80.000 Blumen der Erinnerung - in Erinnerung an die 80.000 österreichischen NS-Opfer - auf dem Wiener Stephansplatz in Zusammenarbeit mit der Universität für angewandte Kunst zu einem beeindruckenden Mahnmal installiert. Am 5. Mai 2006, dem 'Nationalen Gedenktag gegen Gewalt und Rassismus im Gedenken an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus', lösen SchülerInnen, Überlebende, Präsenz- und Zivildiener sowie Interessierte die weißen Rosen aus der Installation und bringen sie zu allen Adressen in Österreich, an denen die Menschen vor ihrer Vertreibung und Ermordung gelebt haben.

Learning from History Association

in German:
Verein Lernen aus der Zeitgeschichte

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31 May 2006

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