PoH-Code: poh.31554
Memorial Stone for Josef King in Hörbranz
01/01/1988 – 12/31/1988
Gedenkstein für Josef King in Hörbranz, 2020 (© _erinnern.at_)
Gedenkstein für Josef King in Hörbranz, 2020 (© _erinnern.at_) · CC-BY-NC-4.0 · gams.uni-graz.at
Josef Anton King (1922–1945) from Hörbranz was discharged from the Wehrmacht due to an eye condition and was instead employed as an interpreter. In this role, he tried to help Russian prisoners of war. King was denounced to the Gestapo, it was alleged that he had conspired with the prisoners of war, and on 19 January 1945 he was admitted to the Mauthausen concentration camp. At the end of April he was either murdered in the gas chamber or shot. Since 1988, a memorial stone at the cemetery in Hörbranz has commemorated him.
Translation · AI tier 7
Sources
- DERLA — Gedenkstein für Josef King in Hörbranz (42dfc5f5-a919-4f73-9734-64b3ec289bd0) — DERLA — Gedenkstein für Josef King in Hörbranz
Evaluations
- Access (from 07/19/2026): Open access
- Spatial accuracy: 4 — Accurate
Location & map
Map position available (Point) · spatial accuracy: 4 — Accurate
Textual location description
Lindauer Straße, 6912 Hörbranz
Coordinates (WGS84)47.55562° N, 9.75226° E