Memorial plaque for the department store and the Jewish families Bauer and Schwarz in the Tyrol Innsbruck department store

The Jewish families Bauer and Schwarz opened in 1908 the first modern department store of Tyrol. The National Socialists drove the department store into bankruptcy, a German party member took over – until 1966. The surviving members of the Jewish families received after the war, despite years of legal proceedings, only a minimal "compensation payment." In March 2010, René Benko as a partner of the SIGNA-Holding opened the new department store Tyrol. Since 23 July 2010, at the initiative of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde for Tyrol and Vorarlberg, a memorial plaque with a text by the historian Niko Hofinger is placed on the right side of the main entrance on the ground floor of the department store Tyrol, commemorating the Jewish families Bauer and Schwarz. René Benko unveiled the memorial plaque together with the president of the Kultusgemeinde Esther Fritsch. The poster, which told the history of the department store with photos, was removed from the niche, replaced by advertising spaces, and placed at the back entrance.