Memorial Plate in Stallehr "Overcoming Intolerance"

In Vorarlberg, during the war, thousands of people were forced to work under inhumane conditions in agriculture and construction. From Poland, Eugenie Mucha was abducted to Montafon and placed in Stallehr in a guesthouse with agricultural work. With the local Otto Martin, she began a romantic relationship, and they had a child. Due to the "racial disgrace," both were arrested. Otto Martin spent several weeks in the "Work Education Camp" Reichenau in Innsbruck and was then drafted to the front. In the final weeks of the war, he deserted and fought on the side of the Allies against the Wehrmacht. Otto Martin only returned from captivity in 1946. Eugenie Mucha successfully resisted the forced abortion, which was carried out on "Ostarbeiterinnen." Since 2022, a memorial plaque in Stallehr remembers Eugenie and Otto Martin, erected as part of the project "15 Places – 15 Stories."