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Steine der Erinnerung - Wandtafel Tempelgasse 5

Tempelgasse 5, Leopoldstadt (1020), Vienna

The record

Type
Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
Material
Messing
Epoch
Nach 1945
Address
Tempelgasse 5
District
Leopoldstadt (1020)
City
Vienna (Wien)
Country
Austria
Coordinates
48.21374, 16.38507
Object number
108916

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1752 map "Autriche septentrionale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1752 · Autriche septentrionale. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1813 · Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1837 · I, II, III, IV Sections. Umgebung von Wien. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1862 · Karte des Donau-Stromes innerhalb der Gränzen des österreichischen Kaiserstaates (Austrian National Library)
  • 1877 · Wein. (Nieder-Osterreich) (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)

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The City of Vienna's record

Zum Gedenken an alle jüdischen Menschen, die in der Leopoldstadt ihre Heimat hatten. Sie wurden aus ihrer Heimat und aus ihrem Leben gerissen. 30.000 von ihnen wurden deportiert und ermordet, darunter mehr als 1500 Kinder. Zur Erinnerung an das jüdische Leben, das die Leopoldstadt geprägt und an die jüdische Kultur, die Wien vielfältig bereichert hat.
Stellvertretend für die vielen Ermordeten, deren niemand gedenkt ...

Ausgangspunkt "Weg der Erinnerung durch die Leopoldstadt"

English translation

The text above is the record as published by the City of Vienna (Stadt Wien), in German. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the City of Vienna (Stadt Wien); it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

In memory of all Jewish people who had their home in the Leopoldstadt. They were torn from their homeland and from their lives. 30.000 of them were deported and murdered, among them more than 1500 children. In remembrance of the Jewish life that shaped the Leopoldstadt, and of the Jewish culture that has enriched Vienna in many ways.
In place of the many murdered, whom no one remembers ...

Starting point "Weg der Erinnerung durch die Leopoldstadt"

Other plaques nearby

Other plaques in the City's record within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Datenquelle: Stadt Wien – data.wien.gv.at (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0). Inscriptions and notes are reproduced unchanged. Stadt Wien · CC BY 4.0
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