The Monument to the Republic in Vienna commemorates the proclamation of the Republic of German-Austria on November 12, 1918. The monument consists of busts of the three Social Democrats Jakob Reumann, Victor Adler and Ferdinand Hanusch, each depicted on a pedestal. Behind them are three vertical rectangular granite blocks, on which a fourth block lies horizontally. The inscription “In memory of the establishment of the Republic on November 12, 1918” can be read on these blocks. The monument was erected under Mayor Karl Seitz and unveiled on November 12, 1928, the tenth anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of German-Austria. Due to its clear reference to social democracy, it was demolished in the course of the elimination of democracy and the establishment of the Austrofascist regime in 1934. It was rebuilt on the 30th anniversary of the founding of the republic in 1948. In 1961, the back of the monument and the lighting system were damaged in an explosives attack.
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