Memorial Site Silbertal

The native of Silbertal, Josef Vallaster, was involved, among other places, in Hartheim and Sobibor in Nazi crimes – in the murder of Jewish women and men and "Euthanasia" victims. In 1943, he was killed by revolting prisoners during the Sobibor uprising. In his home community, he was listed on the war memorial as a casualty of World War II. On initiative of the Silbertal History Workshop, the controversial memorial was removed and replaced in 2010 by a new memorial site in front of the church. It consists of several stone slabs that provide information on the background of the memorial's creation and the names of casualties from both World Wars and Nazi victims.