POSTCARD N.27-  Austria

Postcrossing postcard posted inside cover #33, on the 26th August; received on the 4th September (from 23AUG till 4SEP I was away, so the date of reception could be any day within that interval)
Postcard image: The Prinz Eugen Monument in front of the Hofburg, Vienna
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An image I've seen in the flesh as I wrested my weary legs seating on the steps of the outer castle gate, listening to the essential information given by the free walking tour guide.

Behind the Prinz Eugen statue, just outside of the photo, stands the balcony where the demon issued his annexation speech in March 38... 

Vienna of the music; Vienna of the arts; Vienna of the Beethoven Frize;  Vienna of the museum quarter just across that same Heldenplatz that appears in the infamous photographs... how cleaner and nicer it now looks, even though memories should not be forgoten, lest the same mistakes be made again....