Memorial Plaque for Displaced Students

On June 19, 2009, a memorial plaque was unveiled in the foyer of the Gymnasium and Realgymnasium No. 7 in Kandlgasse 39, commemorating the 97 Jewish students who had to leave the school shortly after the National Socialists seized power on April 28, 1938. The installation of the plaque was embedded within a longer lasting project, within the framework of which students researched the school's history during the NS period. The plaque was designed by Margit Thallner-Svetitsch, a teacher at the school. It was donated by the school community. The memorial plaque was unveiled by the three former students Ilse Wolf, Paul Schwarzkopf and Otto Zinn, who had travelled from the USA and Brazil. The school had maintained contact with them since 2010.