Memorial Plaque Friedrich Zawrel

On 16 June 2016, the Neue Mittelschule Hörnesgasse in the district of Landstraße was renamed after Friedrich Zawrel. Friedrich Zawrel, who died in 2015 and was himself a student at Hörnesgasse, survived the mistreatment and murder of children at the NS care institution Am Spiegelgrund in Vienna. In the twenty years before his death, Friedrich Zawrel, as a witness and survivor, made a significant contribution to raising public awareness about the medical crimes committed at the institution Am Spiegelgrund. The renaming took place within the framework of the school's 130th anniversary celebration, was initiated by Sabine Schwarz, district party leader of the ÖVP Landstraße, as well as Rudolf Zabrana, deputy district leader of the SPÖ, and was decided despite the opposition of the FPÖ. A commemorative plaque in the school with a photo portrait remembers Friedrich Zawrel.