Stolpersteine, Salzburg, Austria
There are 48,000+ Stolpersteine (“Stumble Stones”/”Stumbling Blocks”) in Europe. Each one commemorates a victim of the Holocaust – a Jew, Roma, Sinti, black person, homosexual, disabled person, Catholic, Protestant, Jehovah’s Witness, Communist, Resistance fighter, military deserter or any other human being that the Nazis decided to condemn. The project is
Book Burning, Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg residents conducted a bücherverbrennung (“book burning”) in the Residenzplatz in 1938. This was one in a series of vicious antisemitic acts. After the Anschluss, Nazi sympathizers also burned the city’s synagogue, placed Jewish citizens in Salzburg under Nuremberg laws, and beat Jewish men on the street. Southern Germany is just
Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg, Austria
To reach Salzburg from Vienna you can take a train run by the government, ÖBB, which can be cheaper if you book ahead and know your time of departure. Or you can take the Westbahn, which is a great option if you buy your ticket on the day. The Westbahn
Mirabellgarten, Salzburg, Austria
Schloss Mirabell (“Mirabell Palace”) began as a love nest. Originally called Altenau and now known as the “Taj Mahal of Salzburg,” the palace was created by Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau for his mistress, Salomé Alt. He had 15 children with Salomé, an exhausting routine for any monarch but