Police murders in Linz in 1945

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Common grave of the eight murdered police officers at the St. Barbara cemetery in Linz

For the killing of eight policemen in Linz came on May 8, 1945, shortly after the end of World War II in Austria . In no other official act in Austria have so many police officers been killed.

On May 5, 1945, the American army marched into Linz and installed Ernst Koref as mayor. Concerned about the war-related looting , he asked the Linz Federal Police Department on May 8 to put a stop to this. An excerpt from the report of the Police Command - Kraftfahrstaffel - from June 6, 1945 states that around 2:00 p.m. two officers and twelve subordinates and men of the Linz Police were sent on patrol to prevent the worst riots. The policemen were armed with sticks and ox peaks . Around 4 p.m., residents from Kleinmünchen reported that the inmates of camp 57 , which belongs to the Hermann-Göring-Werke - one of the 77 Nazi forced labor camps in Linz - had carried out heavy looting in the area there and that there was a lot in this camp looted objects must be. The head of the patrol, Police Lieutenant Franz Bichler, then gave orders to drive to the camp, where several hundred forced laborers were staying. The police car was stopped by one of the forced laborers' spokesmen and Bichler spoke to him. At the same time, an American armed forces patrol car drove up to the camp. A short time later there were several shouts and several shots were fired at the same time. Immediately afterwards, forced laborers jumped on the police vehicle and opened fire on the police with rifles and submachine guns . In this attack, in addition to Bichler, the executives Josef Aumüller, Josef Brunnbauer, Johann Fuchs, Rupert Hammer, Adalbert Hofmann, Franz Lobner and Josef Riener were killed. Some of the police officers fleeing were hit by bullets while they were fleeing.

The next day, more police officers from the truck squad and a detective drove to the scene of the incident. The looted victims found there lay scattered and, judging by the injuries, had been mistreated with knives and blunt objects.

The communal grave of the eight killed is located at the St. Barbara cemetery in Linz.

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