Memorial Plate in Gantschier "Compulsion until Death"

Millions of people from Eastern Europe were abducted by the National Socialists during the war and used as forced laborers, including alone 5,000 in the Montafon. On construction sites and in agriculture, they had to work under inhumane conditions. As a deterrent, in some cases public executions took place due to different "offenses." In February 1942, the Polish forced laborer Konstantin Przygoda was executed by the Gestapo on orders for "moral offenses" by hanging. The execution took place on the construction site where the Kraftwerk Rodund I was being built at the time, in the presence of the local population. The body was left hanging for some time, and the remains were allegedly buried near the Ill. Since 2022, a memorial plaque in Gantschier remembers Konstantin Przygoda, which was erected as part of the project "15 Orte – 15 Geschichten."