Memorial Plaque for Ludwig Stössel in Lockenhaus

Since 2022, a memorial plaque initiated by the association shalom.lockenhaus has been reminding people in Lockenhaus of Ludwig Stössel. This plaque is located at Haus Hauptstraße 14, where a Tonkino (sound cinema) operated from 1932 to 1959. Ludwig Stössel was born on 12 February 1883 in Lockenhaus, where he spent his childhood before his family moved to Graz. He began a career in acting that also brought him to the Salzburg Festival, where he played the Devil in Jedermann from 1935 to 1937. In 1938, he had to flee Austria due to his Jewish heritage. In Hollywood, he started a new career, appearing in a minor role in the film Casablanca in 1942. Ludwig Stössel died in Beverly Hills in 1973. In August 2020, a Stolperstein (stumbling stone) in memory of Ludwig Stössel was laid on the Max-Reinhardt-Platz in Salzburg.