Memorial for Soviet war victims and other nations at the Communal Cemetery

At the Salzburg Municipal Cemetery, a memorial has been located since 1949 for all those Soviet citizens and citizens of the Soviet Union who were buried at this site between 1944 and 1947. The construction of the obelisk together with the red star bearing the hammer and sickle was initiated by the Soviet occupying power. In the presence of all occupying powers, Landeshauptmann Josef Rehrl unveiled the memorial on June 20, 1949. It is dedicated to all those people of the Soviet Union who, after the invasion of the German Reich, were taken into German military captivity or were deported to Germany for forced labor and were employed under inhumane conditions, especially in agriculture as well as in road and power plant construction. To this day, during the annual commemoration of the victims of National Socialism, wreaths are also laid down before the obelisk and speeches are given. Similar memorials can also be found in St. Johann im Pongau and in Kaprun.