Memorial Cross for Victims of National Socialism who died for Austria

On November 1, 1948, a memorial cross was erected at the Central Cemetery in the 11th district for people who had been executed by the national socialist regime. The memorial is located in "Group 40," where the NS judiciary buried the corpses of the executed in chess grave pits. After 1945, these graves were transformed into a memorial site for NS victims through the installation of various commemorative markers. The memorial cross was made of wood and was accompanied by a dedication plaque ("To the victims of Nazism who died for Austria"). The erection of the memorial cross by a concentration camp association closely associated with the KPÖ took place on the same day as the unveiling of the memorial "Victims for a free Austria 1934–1945" by the city of Vienna, with the two memorials and their unveiling ceremonies only 300 meters apart. The erection of the cross followed a years-long dispute that was conducted along party political and ideological lines.