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A student at the Vienna University of Applied Arts (Universität für angewandte Kunst) was one of the female victims of Monday’s terror attack, and another university student was seriously injured, writes Kronen Zeitung.
The injustice of this act cannot be described in words.
– Declaration of the rector Gerald Bast.
The university is located in the first district, Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz, a few blocks from the site of the terrorist attack.
The rector of the university reported in a statement that one of the fatalities was a student at the university.
Another student was seriously injured, but thanks to a successful operation, he is no longer in danger of death.
Vienna’s “Bermuda Triangle”, which is busy day and night
Schwedenplatz in Vienna, where the terrorist attack began on Monday night, is also a major transportation hub, a place for a lively nightlife and a history of Judaism.
In a summary article, Der Standard notes:
the so-called “Bermuda Triangle”, bordered by the Danube Canal, Stephansplatz and Schottenring, is busy day and night, where “there is never silence”.
The narrow cobbled streets around Schwedenplatz are varied: shopping tourists, entertainers, interested in cultural heritage, business people in a hurry. The streets are shared by caravans, taxis and cyclists. The area is full of bars, several of which have been iconic since the 1980s. Schwedenplatz is constantly on the move, a symbol of modern urban culture, with several metro and tram tours.
However, its importance comes not only from the present and nightlife, but also from history. It is the natural center of the city. In Seittenstettengasse is the capital’s most important synagogue, the Stadttempel, near which the first attack took place. However, according to the information so far, it was not the synagogue and Judaism the goal, but the entertainment in the bars.
The synagogue may have been built in the early 19th century. II. Courtesy of Emperor Joseph. It was built as a representative Jewish house of worship, not far from the oldest church in the city, the Ruprechtskirche. In nearby Morzinplatz was the Hotel Métropole, where the Nazis established the Gestapo Center in 1938. The building was later destroyed in an air raid in 1945. The square now has a bronze statue and granite blocks reminiscent of victims of Nazi terror, the monument reads:
we will never forget.
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