Memorial to Victims of Fascism for Austria's Freedom 1934–1945

The memorial "Den Opfern des Faschismus für Österreichs Freiheit und Unabhängigkeit" was opened on 24 October 1981 in Vienna-Favoriten at the Reumannplatz. The laying of the foundation stone took place already a year earlier, on 11 October 1980. It was designed by Heinrich Sussmann. The initiative for the memorial came from the Working Group of Austrian Concentration Camp Associations and Resistance Fighters. The patron of the memorial was a "Curatorium for the Establishment of a Memorial for the Victims of Fascism." The memorial consists of various stone blocks, some with flat, some with sloping surfaces, each bearing different inscriptions. Three stones bear dedications, and eight stones list concentration camps and execution sites where residents of the 10th District were murdered. The memorial also commemorates the victims of Austrian fascism before 1938, as indicated by the dedication period 1934–1945. By mentioning Auschwitz-Birkenau and Treblinka, it is one of the first memorials in Vienna to also name the extermination camps of the Nazi regime. At the same time, the dedication was limited to the persecution of freedom fighters; the systematic murder of the Jewish population was not addressed. The memorial was the target of multiple attacks, such as in July 1982, when it was defaced with neo-Nazi slogans.