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Monday’s Monument: Monument for the Victims of Nazi Despotism, Vienna, Austria

Monday’s Monument: Monument for the Victims of Nazi Despotism, Vienna, Austria

by Susan | Jan 14, 2019 | Monuments

Hotel Metropole at Morzinplatz was used as a headquarter for the Gestapo 1938-1945 and on the Morzinplatz there is now a monument commemorating the Austrian victims made from granite from the Mauthausen concentration camp. The memorial was originally a memorial stone...
Monday’s Monument: Monument Against War and Fascism, Vienna, Austria

Monday’s Monument: Monument Against War and Fascism, Vienna, Austria

by Susan | Jan 7, 2019 | Monuments

Mahnmal gegen Krieg und Faschismus, a memorial to the civil victims of the Second World War, was unveiled on November 24, 1988. “Tor der Gewalt,” which is generally translated as “Gates of Violence” or “Gates of Power” or sometimes – “Gates of War” is the first part...
Monday’s Monument: Memorial of the Victims of the Violence in Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Monday’s Monument: Memorial of the Victims of the Violence in Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

by Susan | Dec 31, 2018 | Monuments

Dedicated in April, 2003, the memorial, which was designed by Gaeta Springall Arquitectos, is made from 70 pieces of weathered Corten steel, some raw, some with mirrors on their sides. It occupies nearly four acres of the Chapultepec Forest, land formerly controlled...
Monday’s Monument: Living Peace Wall, Sebastapol, California

Monday’s Monument: Living Peace Wall, Sebastapol, California

by Susan | Dec 24, 2018 | Monuments

The Living Peace Wall, dedicated in 2015, consists of panels of granite inscribed with the names of advocates for peace, justice and nonviolence. It is crowned with a brass peace sign. The central panel’s engraving begins with a quotation from Gandhi:...
Monday’s Monument: First Nations Peace Monument, Thorold, Canada

Monday’s Monument: First Nations Peace Monument, Thorold, Canada

by Susan | Dec 17, 2018 | Monuments

Unveiled October 7, 2017, the monument, designed by Canadian architect and human rights activist Douglas Cardinal, was built to honor the First Nations contributions to the War of 1812 and to the creation of Canada. At the unveiling Cardinal, an Anishinaabe elder,...
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