A Display Window for Europe's Cultural Diversity By Bernd Kregel The Epoch Times Oct 9, 2008 "Zero Hour Zero"—2008 into 2009. For months now, the people of Linz have been feverishly anticipating when the clock on the church tower eventually signals the arrival of January 1, 2009, starting the year of the city's designation as Cultural Metropolis. Linz, situated in Upper Austria and the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, both share the honors for one year to become cultural host cities for all of Europe. At one time, Linz had been the hotbed of European cultural politics—when the city was the capital for the "Oberdonau Gau" (Upper Danube Region). Hitler had attended grade school there, and raised it to the status of "The Fuehrer's Cultural Capital". The plan had been to amass one of the greatest collections of paintings in the...
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