Gedenktafel Franziska Eckstein

On September 23, 2008, a memorial plaque was unveiled in front of the kindergarten and daycare center at Rosenackerstraße 5 in the district of Ottakring, commemorating the educator and resistance fighter Franziska Eckstein. Eckstein was dismissed as a daycare educator during the Austrofascist period and was occasionally imprisoned for "illegal activities." In 1938, she was rehired, but refused membership in the National Socialist People's Welfare organization and was consequently transferred to the kitchen service at the kindergarten on Rosenackerstraße. From there, she supplied, with the consent of the head, underground residents with food. The memorial plaque was initiated and funded by the Department 10 of the municipal administration. The installation took place as part of the renaming of the kindergarten after Franzi Schreiner – Franziska Eckstein's maiden name.