List of memorial objects relating to the Nazi era in Vienna

The list of memorial objects relating to the Nazi era in Vienna lists memorials, memorials, memorials, memorial stones and plaques in the public space of Vienna that relate to the Nazi era . However, it does not contain the more than 1100 memorial and memorial stones (similar to the stumbling blocks ), see memorial and memorial stones in Vienna in this regard . In total there are over 1,800 commemorative signs in Vienna, including explanatory panels for naming traffic areas and parks.

Legend

• Specification: memorial, memorial, memorial, memorial stele, memorial stone, memorial plaque
• Type: general = general, spec. = specific (dedicated to a certain group or thing), personal = personalized
• Year: year of revelation, of establishment

list

image	specification	Art	district	Location	year	Further information
	Memorial or memorial	spec.	1.	Judenplatz coord.	2000	The memorial for the Austrian Jewish victims of the Shoah was erected on the initiative of Simon Wiesenthal of the City of Vienna based on a design by Rachel Whiteread .
	Memorial or memorial	spec.	21st	Prager Straße 33 Coord.	2000	The monument “Liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Floridsdorf” at the Floridsdorf district museum was erected in 2000 by the “never forget” association and is intended to commemorate the liberation of 2 Mauthausen concentration camps .
	Memorial or memorial	general	1.	Helmut-Zilk-Platz (formerly Albertinaplatz) coord.	1988	The memorial against war and fascism was erected by the city of Vienna based on a design by Alfred Hrdlicka . The unveiling of the still unfinished monument took place on November 24, 1988.
	Memorial or memorial	spec.	2.	Tempelgasse 5 coord.	1998	The “Memorial for the Leopoldstädter Tempel ” was built according to a design by the architect Martin Kohlbauer and “unveiled” on March 31, 1998. It consists of four white columns with a height of 24 and 28 meters respectively, which are intended to remind of the size of the destroyed synagogue in their original scale.
	monument	pers.	1.	At court 10 coord.	1947	The memorial to the firefighters murdered by fascism was donated by the fire brigade of the City of Vienna, designed by Mario Petrucci and unveiled on October 27, 1947 by Mayor Theodor Körner. It commemorates a civil war fighter and four executed communist resistance fighters.
	Memorial or memorial	spec.	1.	Ballhausplatz Koord.	2014	The memorial to those persecuted by the Nazi military justice was designed by the artist Olaf Nicolai , erected by the City of Vienna and presented to the public on October 24, 2014 at a ceremony.
	memorial	spec.	1.	Salztorgasse 6 coord.	2011 (1968)	The memorial for the victims of the Gestapo Vienna was originally set up by victims' associations in 1968 as a “memorial room for the victims of the Austrian struggle for freedom”. After the renovation and the thematic expansion by the Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance (DÖW), it was reopened on May 26, 2011 by Federal President Heinz Fischer .
	Memorial or memorial	spec.	11.	Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234, Zentralfriedhof, Gate 2, Group 41 Coord.	1948	The memorial of the City of Vienna at the Vienna Central Cemetery is dedicated to “the victims for a free Austria 1934–1945”. It was donated by the City of Vienna , designed by Fritz Cremer , Wilhelm Schütte and Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky and presented to the public on November 1, 1948 by Mayor Theodor Körner .
	Memorial or memorial	pers.	13.	Hetzendorfer Strasse 188 Coord.	1947	The memorial for the Hietzingen tramers beheaded by the Nazi regime was donated by employees of the Speising depot and unveiled on November 9, 1947. It commemorates four resistance fighters who were sentenced to death
	Memorial or memorial	spec.	3.	Leon-Zelman-Park coord.	2017	The Aspangbahnhof memorial was designed by the artist duo PRINZpod, built on behalf of the City of Vienna for around 330,000 euros and unveiled on September 7, 2017. The memorial commemorates the 47,035 Jews who were deported from the Aspang train station.
	Memorial or memorial	pers.	2.	World trading center 1 coord.	2014	The memorial on the WU campus (between Department 3 & 4) regarding excluded Jewish members of the University for World Trade was erected as part of a commemorative project by WU and ceremoniously presented to the public on May 8, 2014.
	Memorial or memorial	spec.	14th	Baumgartner Höhe 1 (in front of the Art Nouveau theater ) coord.	2003	The memorial in front of the Art Nouveau theater on the grounds of the Otto Wagner Hospital consists of 772 light columns and was inaugurated on November 28, 2003. It commemorates those children who were murdered in the municipal youth welfare institution “ Am Spiegelgrund ” from 1940 onwards.
	memorial	spec.	14th	Baumgartner Höhe 1 (in pavilion V) coord.	2002	The memorial and exhibition is looked after by the documentation archive of the Austrian resistance and was opened in May 2002 on the occasion of the burial of the mortal remains of the Spiegelgrund victims in Pavilion V of the Otto Wagner Hospital. An expansion took place in 2008 and 2012.
	Memorial stone	spec.	14th	Baumgartner Höhe 1 (east pavilion V) coord.	1988	The inscription on the memorial stone reads: "In memory of the victims of the National Socialist state in psychiatry and as a warning erected in 1988" .
	Memorial stone	spec.	11.	Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234 (Central Cemetery, Gate 2, Group 40) Coord.	2002	Two memorial stones dedicated by the City of Vienna at the grave sites of child euthanasia victims at Vienna's Central Cemetery (group 40).
	Plaque	pers.	21st	At the point 1 coord.	1964 (1950)	The memorial plaque on the right by the main entrance of the office building commemorates three executed resistance fighters and was unveiled in 1964. The old memorial stone, donated by the Floridsdorf district group of the Vienna Regional Association of the Federal Association of Austrian Resistance Fighters and Victims of Fascism (Concentration Camp Association), was unveiled on April 8, 1950 and had to be removed in 1962 for traffic reasons.
	Memorial stele	pers.	21st	At the Spitz Koord.	2008	The metallic memorial stele in front of the office building commemorates three hanged resistance fighters and was unveiled on March 11, 2008.
	Memorial stone	spec.	11.	Haidestrasse 22 coord.	1981	The memorial stone "KZ Mauthausen Subcamp Simmering" was designed by Franz Kovar, donated by the SPÖ district organization Simmering and unveiled on April 2, 1981 in the presence of Johann Hatzl .
	Plaque	spec.	2.	At Tabor 5 (at the portal of the church) Koord.	2009	In 2009 the parish together with the association “Stones of Remembrance” put up a memorial plaque at the entrance / portal of the Transfiguration Church .
	monument	pers.	21st	Richtgasse 5 coord.	1984 (1947)	The monument "Fascism Killed" at the tram depot at Richtgasse 5 in Floridsdorf was erected in memory of 4 victims of the resistance against the Nazi regime and was unveiled on August 2, 1947. The original memorial, donated by the staff of the depot, consisted of a wall sgraffito, a recess with a bust and an inscription and a dedication. In 1984 the bust was moved and the memorial was redesigned by Manfred Schwinghammer.
	monument	pers.	7th	Arthur-Schnitzler-Platz 1 (south side at the Volkstheater) Koord.	2008 (1950)	The monument to Rudolf Beer , designed by Franz Pixner and unveiled on April 23, 1950, was originally located in the foyer of the Die Scala theater (4, Favoritenstrasse 8). Because of the demolition of the theater, it was placed next to the Volkstheater (7, Neustiftgasse 1) on December 31, 1960. In 2008, with the help of the City of Vienna, the bust was restored, given a base, relocated and re-unveiled.
	Plaque	spec. pers.	19th	Boschstrasse 9 Coord.	2003	The memorial plaque “Reason for termination of non-Aryans” was donated by the City of Vienna and the Cultural Association of Austrian Roma and unveiled on November 27, 2003. It is located opposite the Heiligenstadt train station on the outside of the Karl-Marx-Hof community building .
	Memorial or memorial	spec.	8th.	Landesgerichtsstrasse 11 Coord.	2015	The memorial “369 weeks” in front of the Regional Court for Criminal Matters Vienna (north of the main entrance) was unveiled on April 21, 2015. It was designed by Eva Schlegel and donated by the KZ-Verband (KPÖ), the Federation of Socialist Freedom Fighters (SPÖ) and the ÖVP-Comradeship of the Politically Persecuted. The number 369 stands for the 369 weeks of Nazi rule in Vienna.
	memorial	spec.	8th.	Landesgerichtsstrasse 11 Coord.	2012 (1967) (1951)	The “Memorial to the Victims of the Nazi Justice” was first established in 1951 in the former execution room. In 1967 the memorial was redesigned and enlarged, and on May 8, 1967 it was reopened by Chancellor Josef Klaus . Another redesign took place in 2011/2012.
	Plaque	spec.	8th.	Landesgerichtsstrasse 11 Coord.	2015	As part of a project by the Regional Court and the Ministry of Justice, which also included victim protection associations, several memorial plaques were placed directly in front of the main entrance of the Regional Court for Criminal Matters , which were presented to the public on January 26, 2015.
	Memorial or memorial	general	1.	Morzinplatz coord.	1985 (1951)	The memorial "Never Forget For the Victims of the Gestapo" commemorates the Gestapo headquarters in the former Hotel Métropole . The memorial donated by the City of Vienna was designed by Leopold Grausam , the technical director of the City of Vienna's stonemasonry workshop , and unveiled on November 1, 1985. It replaced the existing memorial stone for the victims of fascism around 50 meters to the south, which was illegally erected on April 11, 1951 by the KZ-Verband (KPÖ).
	monument	spec.	10.	Reumannplatz Coord.	1981	The anti-fascist memorial was erected according to a design by Heinrich Sussmann , donated by the “Board of Trustees for the Establishment of a Monument to the Victims of Fascism” and unveiled on October 24, 1981.
	monument	pers.	17th	Hernalser Hauptstraße 183 (in the Park of Freedom) Koord.	2015	The memorial, unveiled on September 15, 2015, was designed by Maria Anwander and Ruben Aubrecht , donated by the district council and realized by the community-owned company “Kunst im public space GmbH” (KÖR).
	Plaque	pers.	10.	Laxenburger Straße 98 Coord. (Coordinates approximately)	1949	In memory of the communist resistance couple Maria and Rudolf Fischer, the community building at Laxenburger Strasse 98 / Leebgasse 95 / Migerkastrasse 2-4 was named after them in 1949 and a plaque was attached.
	Plaque	pers.	19th	Gymnasiumstrasse 83 Coord.	2006	On February 21, 2006, a memorial plaque for the Nazi victim Richard Frey was unveiled on the outer facade of the Döblinger Gymnasium , whose text was written by the Austrian President Heinz Fischer .
	Plaque	spec.	9.	Türkenstrasse 22 Coord.	2015	The "memorial plaque for political prisoners in the Rossau barracks 1933–1945" was donated by the Jura-Soyfer-Gesellschaft and is attached to the facade of the Rossau barracks . It was unveiled on November 23, 2015.

literature

• Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance (ed.): Gedenken und Mahnen in Vienna 1934-1945 ; Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-216-30330-6
• Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance (ed.): Gedenken und Mahnen in Vienna 1934-1945, supplements I ; Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-901142-46-0

See also

• List of memorials for the victims of National Socialism in Austria
• Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism in Vienna-Liesing

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Politics of Remembrance and the Transition of Public Spaces. A Political and Social Analysis of Vienna" in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; accessed on July 31, 2018
2. ^ Memorial against War and Fascism in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; accessed on May 25, 2018
3. ^ Vienna History Wiki: Memorial for the Leopoldstätter Temple ; accessed on July 28, 2018
4. ↑ Nachkriegsjustiz.at: memorial stone (fire station) ; accessed on May 25, 2018
5. ↑ Vienna deserters monument planned on Ballhausplatz , article in Salzburger Nachrichten / APA of October 13, 2012
6. ↑ Nachkriegsjustiz.at: memorial stone (fire station) ; accessed on May 25, 2018
7. ^ Memorial for the victims of the Gestapo Vienna in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; accessed on May 25, 2018
8. ^ Nachkriegsjustiz.at: Memorial of the City of Vienna ; accessed on May 25, 2018
9. ↑ Monument Emil König, Heinrich Lochner, Maximilian Schrems and Hedwig Urach in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; accessed on May 25, 2018
10. ^ " Aspangbahnhof" memorial in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; accessed on May 25, 2018
11. ↑ Vienna University of Economics and Business: Memorial project ; accessed on May 27, 2018
12. ↑ Memorial for murdered children of the Nazi euthanasia facility 'Am Spiegelgrund' in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; accessed on May 31, 2018
13. ↑ Steinhof Memorial: Background ; accessed on May 31, 2018
14. ↑ Nachkriegsjustiz.at: memorial plaque (office building) ; accessed on July 1, 2018
15. ↑ Memorial Karl Biedermann, Alfred Huth and Rudolf Raschke in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; viewed on June 1, 2018
16. ^ Memorial stone at the Mauthausen subcamp Simmering in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; accessed on May 20, 2018
17. ^ Kurier: Neo-Nazi messages to church discovered ; viewed on June 4, 2018
18. ^ Monument Fascism Killed in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; viewed on June 4, 2018
19. ^ Monument Rudolf Beer (Volkstheater) in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; viewed on June 8, 2018
20. ↑ Press and Information Service of the City of Vienna from March 13, 2008: Volkstheater commemoration of director Rudolf Beer ( online )
21. ^ Memorial plaque "Reason for termination of non-Aryans" (Karl-Marx-Hof) ; viewed on June 9, 2018
22. ^ Monument 369 weeks in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; viewed on June 9, 2018
23. ↑ Memorial to the Victims of the Nazi Justice - redesign in 1967 in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; viewed on June 9, 2018
24. ↑ Press release by the press spokeswoman for the Federal Minister of Justice on January 26, 2015 ( online )
25. ^ Memorial Never Forget for the Victims of the Gestapo in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; viewed on June 10, 2018
26. ^ Memorial Victims of Fascism for Austria's Freedom 1934-1945 in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; viewed on June 12, 2018
27. ↑ District Memorial Hernals Persecution, Resistance and Struggle for Freedom in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; viewed on June 13, 2018
28. ↑ Memorial plaque to Maria and Rudolf Fischer in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; viewed on June 14, 2018
29. ^ Ö-Journal: Honors of Austrians in their hearts in China, Israel and England ; viewed on June 14, 2018
30. ↑ Memorial plaque for political prisoners in the Rossau barracks 1933–1945 in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; accessed on June 28, 2018

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