Franz-Ofner-Straße

Next to a Stolperstein in the Itzlinger Hauptstraße 22, a street in the Salzburg district of Itzling has also remembered Franz Ofner since 1967, who was murdered by the National Socialists in 1943. Born on 28 July 1921 as the son of Christine and Wilhelm Ofner, Ofner trained as a hairdresser and became involved in the Social Democratic Workers' Party. After this party was banned by the Austrofascist regime in 1934, the then 14-year-old Ofner became active in the Communist Youth. Together with Ernst-Paul Stoiber and Rosa Hofmann, he dedicated himself to informing young people about Fascism and war – they rejected violence. Ofner was conscripted into the Wehrmacht in 1941. Only a year later, the Gestapo uncovered communist resistance cells in the city of Salzburg by infiltrating a spy. Franz Ofner was arrested on 16 January 1942 – still in the Wehrmacht – and transferred to the Wehrmacht prison. For "preparation for high treason," the "Volksgerichtshof" sentenced him to death. Franz Ofner was murdered in Munich-Stadelheim only a few days before his 22nd birthday.