Bronze Relief Stalag XVII A in Kaisersteinbruch

In memory of the prisoner-of-war camp Stalag XVII A, a bronze relief created by the Romanian sculptor Alexandru Ciutureanu has been located since 1999 on the barracks wall in Kaisersteinbruch. In the summer of 1939, the prisoner-of-war camp Stalag XVII A was established. With approximately 74,500 prisoners, the camp reached its maximum capacity in January 1941. Due to the catastrophic hygienic conditions and poor health status, typhus, cowpox and tuberculosis broke out in the winter of 1941/42 and claimed over 9,500 Soviet victims. With the approach of the front, the still fit prisoners were driven on foot towards the concentration camp Mauthausen on 1 April 1945. The remaining sick prisoners were liberated by the Red Army on 3 April 1945.