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Leon Askin - Gedenktafel
Hütteldorferstraße 349, Penzing (1140), Vienna
The record
- Type
- Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
- Material
- Stein
- Epoch
- Nach 1945
- Address
- Hütteldorferstraße 349
- District
- Penzing (1140)
- City
- Vienna (Wien)
- Country
- Austria
- Coordinates
- 48.19847, 16.27382
- Object number
- 94419
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1682 map "Austria Archiducatus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1682 · Austria Archiducatus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1877 · Baden und Neulengbach. (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
The City of Vienna's dataset on Austria's open data portal ↗
The City of Vienna's record
Inschrift
Leon Askin (1907-2005) / In diesem Haus verbrachte / der in Wien geborene / Schauspieler und Regisseur / der nach seiner Emigration / in Hollywood Karriere machte, / die letzten Jahre seines Lebens / Wien - Paris - New York - Hollywood - Wien
Verein der Freunde - Jüdisches Museum Wien - 2007
Biografische Angaben
Prof. Leon Askin (eigentlich Leo Aschkenasy), 1907-2005, war Schauspieler und Regisseur.Als jüdischer Künstler von den Nationalsozialisten aus Österreich vertrieben, machte er in Hollywood große Karriere. In seine Heimatstadt Wien kam er in seinen späten Jahren zurück, mit der Gedenktafel an seinem letzten Wohnhaus sowie durch Benennung des Leon-Askin-Platzes in Penzing wird sein Leben und Wirken hochgehalten.
Geschichte
Anbringung und Enthüllung der Tafel anlässlich des 100. Geburtstags, den der zwei Jahre zuvor verstorbene Leon Askin an diesem Tag gefeiert hätte.
English translation
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Inscription
Leon Askin (1907-2005) / In this house spent / the Vienna-born / actor and director / who after his emigration / made a career in Hollywood, / the last years of his life / Vienna - Paris - New York - Hollywood - Vienna
Association of Friends - Jüdisches Museum Wien - 2007
Biographical notes
Prof. Leon Askin (originally Leo Aschkenasy), 1907-2005, was an actor and director. As a Jewish artist driven out of Austria by the National Socialists, he built a major career in Hollywood. He returned to his home city of Vienna in his later years, and his life and work are honoured by the commemorative plaque on his last residence and by the naming of Leon-Askin-Platz in Penzing.
History
Installation and unveiling of the plaque on the occasion of the 100th birthday that Leon Askin, who had died two years earlier, would have celebrated on this day.
Other plaques nearby
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