Ludwig Ebhart
Ludwig Ebhart (born November 3, 1897 in Ragendorf , † March 10, 1944 in Vienna ) was an Austrian machine operator and resistance fighter against National Socialism . He died two days after his release from prison as a result of the abuse by the Gestapo .
Life
Ebhart was a master of the Vienna fire protection police and belonged to a communist resistance group. He was arrested by the Gestapo on January 7, 1944 . Two days later he died of serious injuries.
Commemoration
Since 1947, the memorial for the firefighters murdered by fascism at the Vienna fire station Am Hof has been commemorating the resistance fighter against Austrofascism Georg Weissel and five victims of the Nazi justice system , the communists Ludwig Ebhart, Josef Schwaiger , Rudolf Haider , Hermann Plackholm and Johann Zak . The memorial was designed by Mario Petrucci and shows a decapitated firefighter with his head in his right arm.
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- Identification card index of the Gestapo Vienna , prepared by the DÖW , with photos, accessed on March 15, 2015
- Wolfgang Neugebauer : Resistance and Persecution in Vienna, 1934–1945. A documentation. Volume 1, Österreichischer Bundesverlag, 1984 p. 314 [1] .
Web links
- Post-war justice , Via the memorial stone at the fire station
- Antifascist monuments and memorials. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "He was arrested on January 7th as a healthy man and released two months later as a dying man." Antifascist monuments and memorials. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (publisher), accessed on March 15, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ebhart, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian machine operator and resistance fighter against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ragendorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1944 |
| Place of death | Vienna |