Tomasz Borówka, Slazag, August 22, 2025
The harp of David, the columns of Jachin and Boaz, the monograms of Alef and Jod, the blue door. Is this definitely a well-known place in the centre of Katowice just an industrial residence? Or possibly a camouflaged lodge, or even... a place of the Katowice Conference, or of putting into practice her ideas that would change the course of history? The Goldstein villa seems like a cipher that's been waiting a long time to read. And possibly she's yet spoken.
The harp of David. Locomotive. And the question that will keep pulsing under the surface of this story: is Will Goldstein's residence just an industrialist residence? What if something more? A temple of insight? A camouflaged lodge, but whose? Or is it a place of birth and realization of a large idea?
It's not just an article about a monument. This is an investigation. Symbol tracking. Decrypting architectural code. The Goldstein villa doesn't talk directly. But if you perceive – it tells a communicative that will lead us far away, all the way to the Promised Land, starts with 3 women.
On the side facade of the Villa Goldsteins, 1 of the most typical buildings of Katowice located just off Liberty Square, there is simply a item that passes hundreds of people all day – and almost nobody pays attention to it. Three female figures carved on a stone board In the side wall of the Willa Goldsteins, they inactive look down on us, as if for centuries waiting for individual to ask them what they want to tell us. They are called "Grations", although it is not known who named them first. They are expected to symbolize industry, discipline and fine arts. But is it true?
Looking at them carefully, we begin to see details. 1 of the characters holds...
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