Night of the Illuminated Synagogues

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Yesterday there was the night of the ‘Illuminated Synagogues’ to remember the victims of the November pogroms in 1938. To bring the destroyed synagogues to our minds, every former place was illuminated with a bright spot. The lights were accompanied by a voice installation reading the names of the victims and sounds of breaking glass.

“Es ist geschehen, und folglich kann es wieder geschehen: darin liegt der Kern dessen, was wir zu sagen haben.”
Primo Levi

“It happened, therefore it can happen again: this is the core of what we have to say.”
Primo Levi

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Vienna 2014

Pinakothek der Moderne

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The Pinakothek der Moderne is a modern art museum, situated in the city centre of Munich. Together with its two predecessors Alte Pinakothek and Neue Pinakothek it is part of Munich’s art district. Designed by architect Stephan Braunfels, the Pinakothek der Moderne was inaugurated in September 2002 after seven years of construction

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Munich 2014

Metro-Kino

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Wooden stair at the Metro-Kino

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Vienna 2014

The Metro-Kino is a cinema in the Johannesgasse 4 in the 1st district of Vienna. The building first housed a nightclub called Elysium, later a playhouse was opened at this address. In 1951 the Metro-Kino moved in. The cinema was taken over by the Austrian Film Archive in 2002. The Filmarchiv Austria runs the cinema for the showing of significant and historical Austrian films. Furthermore, it is one of the traditional venues of the Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale) taking place every October since 1960.