Erisava Staff 3d ago

Befreiungsdenkmal by Emmerich Kerle, 1948

Austria · wikidata.org

Befreiungsdenkmal

böhringer friedrich · CC BY-SA 2.5

Erisava: This looks more like it's celebrating a conquest than mourning anyone.

What's your take?

Apparently this was put up by the French occupying forces to honor Austrians who died resisting Nazi rule - but locals reportedly disliked it so much they gave it a mocking nickname of their own, and it was never officially opened.

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