Barbischhaus St. Gallenkirch

Already during the First World War, goods were smuggled from Vorarlberg into Switzerland and people were smuggled across. During the National Socialism era, smuggling and escape assistance reached its peak, especially Jewish women and men, political opponents and deserters tried to cross the border. In doing so, they relied on paid or unpaid local assistance. Meinrad Juen (1866-1949) is said to have enabled over 40 people to flee to Switzerland. A common stopover was his house in St. Gallenkirch, known as the Barbischhaus. When he was arrested, he fled and hid until the end of the war in the Montafon.