Ernst Volkmann Memorial Stone

Ernst Volkmann (1902-1941) settled in Bregenz in 1924 as a guitar maker and church caretaker. He repeatedly failed to comply with the call-up for military service, and was finally conscripted in 1941. However, due to his religious convictions, he refused to take the Führer oath. He was sentenced to death by the Reichskriegsgericht in Berlin and was executed on 9.8.1941 in Brandenburg-Görden. Volkmann is erroneously listed on the war memorial as a casualty of 1941. In order to highlight the true circumstances of his death, a commemorative stone designed by the artist Georg Vith was erected in 2010. The stone's design recalls a bus stop and traces Volkmann's life path. A commemorative plaque installed in 2007 on the church wall was removed in 2010 during the installation of the commemorative stone.