Memorial plaque for Dr. Walter Porges, Spittal an der Drau

House Bismarckstraße 4 in Spittal an der Drau was the residence and at the same time the medical practice of Dr. Walter Porges. He was born on October 23, 1887, as the child of Jewish parents, studied medicine, and served as a military doctor on the Isonzo front. In 1919, he was among the Carinthian defenders who were active in the area of Bleiburg-Völkermarkt. The doctor was involved in the municipal council of Spittal, where he especially engaged in the care of the poor. In 1924, he married and had three children with his wife. After the "Anschluss" to the German Reich, Walter Porges lost his medical license and had to move to Vienna as a so-called "nurse for Jews." After his arrest in the autumn of 1943, he was deported to the extermination camp Auschwitz on June 22, 1944, and murdered there. A memorial plaque at his former residence commemorates him.