Memorial plaque for Rosa Hofmann

As part of the Salzburg project "Frauenspuren," the city of Salzburg installed a total of 17 bronze plaques at various locations throughout the city in 1999. In 2021, an expansion followed; since then, 26 Salzburg women have been commemorated, who played a significant role in the city's history. One such plaque honors the resistance fighter Rosa Hofmann. The seamstress, born in March 1919 in Wilhering near Linz, took over the leadership of a communist youth group in 1941 and was significantly involved in the resistance against the Nazi regime. Only a year later, the Gestapo, presumably through the use of an informant, uncovered the majority of the resistance groups and arrested their members. Among them was also Rosa Hofmann, who was sentenced to death in 1942 for "weakening the will to resist" and "preparation for high treason" and was executed on 9 March 1943 in Berlin-Plötzensee. In addition to the plaque at the former family residence, a Stolperstein today also commemorates the committed Hofmann. Furthermore, in the Stölzlpark, a memorial stone for Rosa Hofmann, unveiled in 1947, was expanded in 2019 with a monument to the Salzburg women's resistance.