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Spomenik jevrejskim žrtvama fašizma

„Oduvek sam mislio da je svet bez spomenika srećniji od sveta u kome su spomenici potrebni.“ Uprkos ovakvoj devizi Bogdana Bogdanovića, arhitekte i esejiste, bivšeg gradonačelnika Beograda, on je većinu karijere posvetio memorijalnoj arhitekturi projektujući više od 20 spomenika na teritoriji bivše Jugoslavije. Njegov put u memorijalnu arhitekturu započeo je odazivom na konkurs za spomenik jevrejskim žrtvama fašizma koji je po njegovom projektu podignut na sefardskom groblju u Beogradu 1951-1952. godine. Početkom devedesetih Bogdanović je napustio Beograd zbog sukoba sa režimom Slobodana Miloševića i ostatak života, do smrti 2010. godine, proživeo je u egzilu u Beču. Urne Bogdana Bogdanovića i njegove žene Ksenije, prema njihovim željama su pohranjene u spomenik jevrejskim žrtvama fašizmu na sefardskom groblju u Beogradu. Ovaj čin, osim što je simbolično zatvorio krug Bogdanovićevog stvaralaštva dopunio je svojom simbolikom spomenik koji u sebi spaja kulturu Bogdanovićevog Beograda sa jevrejskom kulturom, ne samo akcentujući stravičnost Holokausta već i ukazujući na opasnost i problematiku savremenih represivnih režima.

"I have always thought that the world without monuments is happier than the world in which the monuments are needed." Despite this motto of his, Bogdan Bogdanović, an architect and essayist, the former mayor of Belgrade, devoted most of his career to the memorial architecture, designing over 20 monuments on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. His journey into memorial architecture began with a contest for a monument to Jewish victims of fascism, which was erected in accordance with his project at the Sephardic cemetery in Belgrade in 1951-1952. In the early 1990s, Bogdanović left Belgrade due to the conflict with the Slobodan Milošević's regime and spent the rest of his life in exile in Vienna, until his death in 2010. Urns conatining th remaints of Bogdan Bogdanović and his wife Ksenija are stored, respecting their wishes, into his very first monument itself. The symbolism of this act has, in addition to closing the circle of Bogdanović's creativity, enriched the monument which combines the culture of Bogdanović's Belgrade with Jewish culture, not only emphasizing the horror of Holocaust but also warning about the dangers and problems of contemporary repressive regimes.

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