Memorial for the Railway Workers' Resistance Cemetery St. Veit an der Glan

The memorial in the northwest part of the cemetery, near the cemetery wall, commemorates seven railway workers who were executed for resisting the NS regime. Their sabotage acts on trains, such as cutting brake hoses or filling sand into axle bearings, were discovered and the men were arrested by the Gestapo in the autumn of 1941. In a court trial in Klagenfurt in April 1942, they were sentenced to death for undermining military strength, preparation for high treason, aiding the enemy, and eavesdropping on enemy broadcasts. Two months later, on 30 June 1942, they were executed in the Vienna Regional Court. After liberation from National Socialism, the executed individuals were exhumed in April 1947 and buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery in May 1947.