Memorial to the Victims of Fascism

The memorial "Victims of Fascism" was erected on December 29, 1949, on the premises of the Vienna Locomotive Paint Factory in the 21st district. It commemorates ten workers who resisted during the NS regime and were persecuted for it. Nine of those commemorated were sentenced to death and executed or murdered in other ways. The sponsor of the memorial was the works council of the Vienna Locomotive Factory. The monument consists of a stone obelisk standing on a high pedestal, in which the inscription "Victims of Fascism" and a burning torch in golden color are engraved. The names of the ten resistance fighters and their dates of birth and death are also engraved in gold on the front side of the pedestal. The names of the resistance fighters are: Ferdinand Buchmann, Wilhelm Fury, Karl Gries, Franz Maresch, Ferdinand Oppitz, Franz Pleschkou (at the memorial Pleschkov), Johann Schiktanz, Johann Suppinger, Narziß Vavra, Hans Weber. The memorial was dismantled in 1988 and thoroughly renovated. It is possibly a new creation. Compared to the original version, the portrait medallions of the honored individuals are missing. On July 25, 1988, the (by J. Höller) renovated memorial was opened. It is today located in a completely changed environment – it now stands on the parking lot of the furniture store Lutz.