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.