Memorial 70 Years of Peaceful Liberation of Ottakring

In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation from NS rule in 1945, the Cultural Friends of Ottakring association initiated a memorial, which was unveiled on October 21, 2015, at Matteottiplatz in the district of Ottakring. The memorial consists of a three-meter-long bench, on which visitors can learn about the disarming of Wehrmacht soldiers by resistance fighters of the communist youth organization. To hear reports by eyewitness Helli Neuhaus and eyewitness Paul Vodicka, it is sufficient to connect a standard headphones set with a listening station. The installation titled „Sandleitendatenbank“ was conceived and realized by Andreas Strauss.