Memorial for the Victims of Nazi Justice - Execution Room

The "Gedenkstätte für die Opfer der NS-Justiz" (Memorial for the Victims of the NS Justice) was established in 1951 in the former execution chamber of the Vienna Regional Court. It was renovated and expanded in 1967 and reopened on May 8, 1967. With the redesign, the memorial gained its first significant role in memory politics. In addition to government officials and members of the National Council, numerous relatives of victims, representatives of the three victim associations of the SPÖ, ÖVP, and KPÖ, as well as the two chaplains and witnesses Heinrich Zeder and Hans Rieger participated. The former execution chamber was expanded during the renovation works, the entrance was relocated, an information area was created, and on the right side of the memorial room, ten plaques with the names of 536 of the more than 1,200 people murdered in the execution chamber were installed. The selection of names was done according to categories of the victim associations. Above the newly created entrance to the memorial, a sign with the inscription "Execution site during National Socialist tyranny" was installed.