1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminStatue to Lessing is Erected on Jewish Square in Vienna - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZVL2BwyIBb"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/statue-to-lessing-is-erected-on-jewish-square-in-vienna">Statue to Lessing is Erected on Jewish Square in Vienna</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/statue-to-lessing-is-erected-on-jewish-square-in-vienna/embed#?secret=ZVL2BwyIBb" width="600" height="338" title="“Statue to Lessing is Erected on Jewish Square in Vienna” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="ZVL2BwyIBb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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A statue to Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, famous German poet, dramatist and critic of 150 years ago, whose essays and plays stimulated the emancipation of the German Jews, has been erected in the Judenplatz (Jewish Square) here. Jews were once burned alive in the square where the statue now stands. A tablet still remains with the […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315