Memorial for Otto Neururer in front of the parish church of Götzens

Otto Neururer, pastor in Götzens, was murdered on 30.5.1940 in the concentration camp Buchenwald and was beatified in 1996. The Haller artist Manuel Schmid convinced the community and the parish of Götzens of his design for a bronze relief. The right triangular half shows destroyed swastikas, the left shows the head of Otto Neururer and attributes of his faith: "palm branch (and skull) as a sign of victory and eternal life, the holy scripture embraced with a strong hand as a source of faith strength, the holy water chalice as an indication of Neururer's pastoral work in the concentration camp and as the chalice of fate." The new monument was blessed by Bishop Manfred Scheuer on 30.5.2015, the 75th anniversary of Neururer's death.