Memorial of the Names Villach/Beljak

Opposite the Villach City Museum in the Widmanngasse, the "Erinnern Villach" association unveiled a name memorial for the victims of National Socialism in the Villach district in 1999. The names of 64 victims known at that time were displayed on glass panels. The opening speech was delivered by the Slovenian writer Andrej Kokot, whose brother Jože Kokot, murdered by the Nazis, is one of the commemorated individuals. The glass panels of the memorial with the names of the murdered men, women, and children have been deliberately destroyed 14 times so far, and each time they have been renewed. In addition, four extensions added newly researched names of Villach victims of National Socialism, so that today 336 victims are commemorated on the memorial. Their names, birth and death dates, and places of death illustrate the dense network of National Socialist violence.