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Adolf Frankl - Gedenktafel

Dorotheergasse 6-8, Innere Stadt (1010), Vienna

The record

Type
Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
Material
Stein (Marmor)
Plaque made
1998
Epoch
Nach 1945
Address
Dorotheergasse 6-8
District
Innere Stadt (1010)
City
Vienna (Wien)
Country
Austria
Coordinates
48.20787, 16.36974
Object number
96765

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1813 map "Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 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)
  • 1843 · (With directional lighting) Neuester Plan von Wien und Dessen 34 Vorstaedten in Relief. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1866 · Plan der Haupt-u. Residenz Stadt Wein mit der neuen Bezirkseintheilung, Strassenbenennung… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1906 · Vienna (Wein) and its Environs. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The City of Vienna's record

In diesem Hotel wohnte / der Maler / Adolf Frankl / Pressburg 1903-1983 Wien / Hier entstand der Bilderzyklus / Visionen aus dem Inferno / Darstellungen seiner Erlebnisse im / KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau /
"Mit meinen Werken habe ich allen Völkern / dieser Welt ein Mahnmal gesetzt. Es soll / niemandem, egal welche Religion, Rasse / oder politische Anschauung er vertritt / dieses oder ähnliches widerfahren." /

Gewidmet im Gedenkjahr 1998 am 28. September

English translation

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In this hotel lived / the painter / Adolf Frankl / Pressburg 1903-1983 Vienna / Here was created the picture cycle / Visionen aus dem Inferno / Depictions of his experiences in the / KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau /
"With my works I have erected a memorial to all peoples / of this world. May no one, regardless of religion, race / or political views, suffer this or anything similar." /

Dedicated in the memorial year 1998 on 28. September

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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