Memorial for the Victims of Nazi Justice

During the course of 1951, a "memorial site for the victims of Nazi justice" was established in the former execution chamber of Nazi justice at the Vienna Regional Court. The demand for such a memorial site was first expressed by the Concentration Camp Association in mid-1949. The architect Wilhelm Schütte designed a plan for the layout of the room (and an adjacent room). These changes were carried out in the summer and autumn of 1951, although not all of Schütte's proposals were implemented. On November 2, 1951, the first memorial ceremony for the executed took place here. Above the (then, now sealed) entrance to the former execution chamber, a memorial plaque was installed. The memorial site was first significantly altered in 1967 and has since been expanded several times with information about perpetrators and victims as well as dedications. In June 2024, Justice Minister Alma Zadić opened a new permanent exhibition titled "One can directly hear them die." The exhibition also addresses the fact that many survivors of Nazi persecution were socially excluded and discriminated against in the Second Republic. The Nazi justice system executed approximately 1,200 women and men with the guillotine at the Regional Court, among them approximately 600 resistance fighters.