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At
Albertinaplatz,
there
is
a
series
of
sculptures
located
upon
the
grounds
of
an
apartment
building
which
collapsed
during
a
WWII
air
raid
over
the
city
in
1945.
A
marker
on
the
sight
reveals
that
hundreds
who
sought
shelter
in
the
apartment
cellar
died
during
the
bombing.
The
four
monuments
collectively
are
sombre
reminder
of
the
tragedies
of
war.
They
include
'The
Gates
of
Violence'
-
a
contemporary
two-piece
arrangement
depicting
a
mass
of
humanity
in
locked
in
from
the
unfinished
blocks
of
white
granite.
The
granite
comes
directly
from
the
area
of
the
former
Mauthausen
concentration
camp.
The
monument
is
dedicated
to
all
victims
of
war
and
violence
and
particularly
those
who
suffered
at
the
hands
of
Nazi
rule
in
Austria.
Just
beside
'The
Gates
of
Violence'
you
will
also
see
a
hunched-over
bronze
figure,
bound
by
barbed
wire
with
brush
in
hand.
This
disturbing
image
is
that
of
a
Jewish
person
being
forced
to
clean
anti-Nazi
graffiti
off
the
streets
in
a
most
humiliating
way.
'Orpheus
Enters
Hades'
is
another
monument
of
more
contemporary
design,
depicting
a
male
emerging
from
unfinished
limestone.
This
particular
monument
is
dedicated
to
those
who
lost
their
lives
during
bombings
as
well
as
those
who
died
in
their
resistance
to
National
Socialism.
Lastly,
'The
Stone
of
the
Republic'
monument
is
that
of
an
erected
slab
and
bears
excerpts
of
the
Austrian
Declaration
of
Independence
which
was
written
in
1945.
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