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Mahnmal gegen den Krieg

Monument against War

also:
Ehren- und Mahnmal für die Gefallenen beider Weltkriege
Honour and memorial for the fallen of both World Wars

Alexander Silveri
1958-61

Description

Large relief (12 meter long, 3 meter high) with five large areas with figurative representations of war, death and suffering, but also hope to the terror and the countless fallen of both world wars. In front of the relief is a stone table with the inscription Den Toten zur Ehre, den Lebenden zur Mahnung 1914-1918 1939-1945.

Graz - Mahnmal gegen den Krieg

Signature

silveri

Sculptor

Alexander Silveri (Graz 1910 - Graz 1986), Austrian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Offsite Graz, Permanente Werke.

Locatie (N 47°4'35" - E 15°26'25") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: atst055; Photograph: 6 September 2016
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