Memorial Plaque for Murdered Students, Teachers, Neighbors

On November 8, 2013, on the anniversary of the November Pogroms of 1938, a memorial plaque was unveiled in front of the Gymnasium and Realgymnasium (GRG) Wenzgasse in the 13th district, commemorating those students, teachers, and neighbors of the school who were expelled and murdered during the National Socialist regime. The plaque was installed at the main entrance of the school, Larochegasse 2. The plaque is part of the project "Jews in Hietzing" of the Volkshochschule Hietzing and was erected in collaboration with the Gymnasium Wenzgasse and the district council of Hietzing. The plaque lists the name, birth date, address, and course of persecution for each individual. During the unveiling, students read excerpts from the memories of former students. A section of an artwork by the artist Brigitte Gadnik-Jiskra is visible on the memorial plaque. The names of the remembered individuals are: Irene Jerusalem, Paula Fuchs, Martha Weissweiler, Franz Eidlitz, Franz Emil Guth, Irma Guth, Johann Friedländer, Leona Friedländer, Julius Polacek, Elsa Polacek, Franz Polacek.