Memorial Stone for Six Resistance Fighters

On the site of a residential building complex of the housing company "Wohnen und Bauen Gesellschaft mbH Wien" (BWSG) in Dieselgasse 5c, corner Laxenburger Straße 131-135, a memorial stone was erected in the year 2000, commemorating six resistance fighters against National Socialism. They had been workers at the Auto-Repair Plant of Steyr Daimler Puch AG, which had been located on this property. The carpenter Eduard Fritsch was shot in the Mauthausen concentration camp. Erwin Necas died in custody at the Vienna State Court. The other four workers were beheaded at the Vienna State Court. Regarding the background: On the façade of the plant, the KPÖ had installed a memorial plaque for the six resistance fighters in 1953. In 1994, the BWSG purchased the site and demolished the plant. In the process, the memorial plaque was lost. The DÖW pointed out the loss of the plaque in 1998. The district administration of Favoriten made efforts to erect a new memorial stone on the site. Compared to the plaque, the inscription on the new memorial stone was slightly altered. The term "Fascism" was replaced with "National Socialism".