Memorial for NS Victims in Feistritz im Rosental/Bistrica v Rožu

The Accumulator Plant Jungfer in Feistritz im Rosental/Bistrica v Rožu came under fire several times by the Partisaninnen due to its significance for the NS armaments industry. In 1943, these 40 forced laborers succeeded in freeing themselves and damaging the plant. Following a denunciation in May 1944, a wave of arrests took place. The Gestapo officer Othmar Rath then shot Aleks Einspieler and Florijan Križnar. Since 2010, near the site of the crime, close to the French Cross, a bronze sculpture by Walter Mischkulnig has been commemorating the two resistance fighters, located directly next to the Korajmankreuz on the road. In November 2023, on initiative of the Association of Carinthian Partisaninnen/Zveza koroških partizanov, a memorial plaque by Karl Vouk was added next to the figure and the commemorative plaque, specifically naming 12 additional NS victims of the community of Feistritz/Bistrica. The memorial is one of the newest Partisan memorials in Carinthia and one of the few that stands in public space outside of cemeteries.