Memorial plaque for Hungarian-Jewish forced laborers in Donnerskirchen

In the area of Donnerskirchen/Purbach, approximately 750 Hungarian Jews were employed as earthwork laborers for the Southeast Wall starting in December 1944. The forced laborers were accommodated in the basement of the so-called Martinsschlössl in Donnerskirchen. Between early January and mid-February 1945, over 320 men died due to unsanitary conditions, inadequate nutrition, and murder. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Hungarian forced laborers, at the initiative of the Genuss Burgenland Association in cooperation with the Hungarian NS-Opferverband and the Culture Department of Burgenland, a memorial plaque was installed in the basement entrance of the Genussakademie Burgenland in the so-called Martinsschlössl in Donnerskirchen and unveiled on September 10, 2015.