Friedrich St. Florian
Friedrich St. Florian
Friedrich St. Florianis an Austrian-American architect. He was born Friedrich St. Florian Gartler in the Austrian city of Graz. He moved to the USA in 1961, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1973...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionArchitect
CountryAustria
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I think it is fair to say that during World War II there was a high sense of purpose. The country had a very clear vision of its own standing, of its own morality. It was not an ambiguous time. Today, we live in a world that is highly ambiguous, very fractured, with many of the historical, traditional values in a state of collapse, really.
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The accounting of the sacrifice is, more than anything else, the attitude toward war memorials in our time.
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I remember saying that wars must not be glorified, but wars must be remembered.
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The freedom to express yourself without fear - that perhaps is something we in the U.S. take for granted. It's almost inconceivable to think we would be afraid to express our opinions or thoughts, but that's not true for all parts of the world now, and certainly not before World War II.