Memorial plaque in Gargellen "Flight and Murder"

The passages from Gargellen into the neighboring Switzerland counted among the most important escape routes for those persecuted by the National Socialists. Many escape attempts failed, but many succeeded with the help of escape helpers. Shortly before being conscripted into the Wehrmacht, the German medical student Nikolaus Staudt attempted in 1944 to flee into Switzerland over the Gafierjoch. A local guide from Gargellen betrayed him to the National Socialist border guard, who apprehended and shot him. Since 2022, a memorial plaque in Gargellen has commemorated Nikolaus Staudt, erected as part of the project "15 Places – 15 Stories."