Memorial plaque for Engelbert Weiß

Not far from the Salzburg main station is a bronze memorial plaque commemorating Engelbert Weiß, a railway worker and resistance fighter. The plaque is mounted on the façade of his former residence at Engelbert-Weiß-Straße 20, fulfilling his wish, which he expressed in a letter to his daughter before his murder: "Make sure that my friends do not forget me, and when you are happy again, think of me and my lonely death. I die upright." In the summer of 1939, Weiß re-established the Revolutionary Socialists of Austria (RSÖ) and was its chairman. He also aimed to cooperate more closely with the resistance group of the KPÖ, but a merger of both groups did not take place. Both groups were uncovered in February 1942, and their members were arrested. Weiß was sentenced to death due to his activities and murdered on April 7, 1944, at the Vienna Regional Court.