Grenzstein Slowakische Juden ("Over the Border" 40 - Feldkirch)

Thousands of refugees tried to reach the saving Switzerland via Vorarlberg between March 1938 and May 1945: persecuted Jewish women and men, political opponents of the Nazis, deserters, prisoners of war, forced and foreign workers from occupied countries in Europe. Already in the summer of 1938, Switzerland began to seal its borders. Helpers on both sides of the border could still enable some people to escape, but now there were only illegal ways to freedom. Along the Radroute Nr. 1, from Bregenz to Partenen, and at selected locations in Switzerland, Germany and Liechtenstein, symbolic border stones mark 65 listening stations to these refugee fates, and invite visitors via QR code to reflect on the history of each place, to pause and to attentively perceive the surroundings. The story of fourteen Slovak Jews can be found at: https://ueber-die-grenze.at/indexprev3.php?id=40