Memorial plaque for Dr. Richard Berczeller in Mattersburg

On the occasion of the 85th birthday of Dr. Richard Berczeller, the municipal authorities of Mattersburg installed a commemorative plaque on his former residence in 1987. Dr. Berczeller was active as a doctor in Mattersburg since 1929. He was heavily involved in the Social Democratic Workers' Party and was a member of the illegal Revolutionary Socialists since 1934. During the following years of Austrofascism, he was interned several times and his hospital contract was revoked. In 1938, he was arrested by the Gestapo in Mattersburg and expelled shortly afterwards. In 1938, he and his family managed to flee via France to the USA, where he arrived in 1941.