The November pogroms of 1938 are significant, as it was the first-time the government openly ordered and committed violence against the Jewish community. Thus, large scale assaults committed by both government officials and civilians took place in public space. In Graz the synagogue was set on fire and like many other members of the Jewish community, chief rabbi David Herzog was taken from his home, assaulted in the streets, and threatened with death.
As an artist working with a variety of techniques, Catrin Bolt chose text for this contemporary memorial. Excerpts from the report by David Herzog were applied on the pavement along the route he was forced to walk – starting at his home Radetzkystraße 8 to the Griesplatz.
The Institute of Art in Public Space Styria invites to the reopening of the restored artwork and a joined visit to the synagogue, lead by Elie Rosen (Jewish Community of Graz) and Elisabeth Fiedler (Institute of Art in Public Space Styria), in the presence of city council member Robert Krotzer.
