Memorial plaque for Helene Delacher at her birthplace Leisach-Burgfrieden

Helene Delacher was a member of the Witnesses of Jehovah. She was executed in Berlin-Plötzensee on 12.11.1943 because of her religious convictions. In the course of efforts to place a Stolperstein for Helene Delacher, Gottfried Kalser, chairman of the Forum Mahnmal bei St. Andrä Lienz, initiated the installation of a memorial plaque at the Rieplhof, the birthplace of Delacher in the Katastralgemeinde Burgfrieden von Leisach. His persuasive power as well as the open-mindedness of the estate owner and his family made the installation of a commemorative plaque possible. Kalser is a trained stonemason; he placed a guardian angel from his own collection above the memorial plaque. In the presence of family members of the victim, representatives of the faith community, the local press, and the mayor of Lienz, Elisabeth Blanik, the plaque was unveiled on 11.11.2023, the day before the 80th anniversary of Helene Delacher's death. Andreas Delacher read her farewell letter aloud.