Memorial Plaque for Christoph Probst at the University's War Memorial, Innsbruck

In 1980 the Academic Senate rejected the application of the Communist Students' Association to install a memorial plaque for the resistance fighter Christoph Probst in one of the large lecture halls of the Medical Faculty. After lengthy discussion, the Senate decided in 1984 to erect a memorial plaque for Probst at the University War Memorial. The plaque emphasized a contrast to the German nationalist orientation of the 1926 built War Memorial, designed according to the plan of architect Lois Welzenbacher, with the motto of the Burschenschaften: Honor – Freedom – Fatherland. On the occasion of Probst's 65th birthday, University Rector Josef Rothleitner and the President of the Austrian Students' Union Winfried Eder unveiled the memorial plaque, designed by architect Josef Lackner, on 6.11.1984.