Bezirksgedenkstätte Hernals Verfolgung, Widerstand und Freiheitskampf

The district memorial site Hernals "Persecution, Resistance and Fight for Freedom" was opened on 15 September 2015 in the Park der Freiheit in Hernals. It is dedicated to those people from the 17th district who resisted or were persecuted during the Austrofascism and/or National Socialism. The creation of the memorial goes back to a decision of the Hernals district council in 2010. The implementation took place within the framework of the redesign of the forecourt of the S-Bahn station Hernals. The memorial was conceived by Maria Anwander and Ruben Aubrecht. The memorial consists of a flip-dot display embedded in a concrete cube, on which the names of the remembered individuals appear in a loop, shining for a few minutes each time. The memorial is supplemented by two plaques that provide information about the artwork and the district memorial site.