The sculptures were made of granite from the area around the Mauthausen concentration camp. It's all dedicated to those who lose their lives during the period of Nazi rule and World War II. The work is placed deliberately on this spot because it was the site of an apartment building that was bombed in 1945, and no one is sure exactly how many people died as a result.
This is the "Gates of Violence" sculpture. Nearby is a structure depicting a Jewish person on the ground cleaning anti-Nazi graffiti off the streets, along with a stone with portions of Austria's Declaration of Independence in 1945.
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