John Sheldon's photos

This monument is near the Opera House in Vienna. In this sculpture a Jewish man is forced to wash anti-Nazi graffiti off a street with a brush. It is one of the four sculptures by Alfred Hrdlicka. (This is a Montage photograph, two pictures have been merged to show front and side together. The partial, angular frame is intended to reflect the violence and unrest of the period depicted. It is also a nod towards the 20th century 'Cubist' school of art.)

Digitally manipulated image. One of 'The Gates of Violence' in this Monument which consists of four sculptures by Alfred Hrdlicka. The Monument is near the Opera House in Vienna.

Die Macht zu Lande (The Forces on Land), fountain at the Hofburg in Vienna. Marble, 1897 - by Edmund von Hellmer. Sculpted in 1897, it symbolises the Austrian army.

In 1938 Adolf Hitler declared the annexation of Austria to the Third Reich from this balcony. Hitler liked to burn books. The building now houses the Austrian National Library.