Inscription for Anna Turisser on the grave cross of Herbert Turisser in the Landesgedächtnisstätte Tummelplatz Innsbruck

The glade of the Tummelplatz, southwest of Schloss Ambras, has been used as a military cemetery since 1796. During World War I, its function as a burial site ended. Since then, private individuals, organizations, and associations have erected symbolic graves and memorial crosses for soldiers who died far from home. Today, the Tummelplatz serves as a Tiroler Landesgedächtnisstätte, a memorial site for remembering the fallen, especially from the two World Wars. Criticism is repeatedly raised regarding the commemoration of SS members, as well as due to time-bound military symbols and inscriptions that praise sacrifice for the fatherland and the heroic death.

Anna Turisser was a victim of Nazi euthanasia. She was transferred on 20 March 1941 to the killing facility Schloss Hartheim near Linz. Her son Herbert was an SS squad leader and died in the same year. A memorial cross in the Tummelplatz commemorates him. In 2021, descendants had an inscription installed that refers to the violent death of Anna Turisser.