Gedenktafel Gerhard Steinacher

On May 13, 2015, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the façade of house number 68 in Längenfeldgasse, in the district of Meidling, commemorating Gerhard Steinacher, a conscientious objector who lived in this residential block. Steinacher was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses and refused to serve in the Wehrmacht for religious reasons. He was sentenced to death by the Reichsgericht for "disruption of military strength" and was executed in Berlin in 1940. The plaque was unveiled by Helmut Misar and Gyula Varga. It was funded by the Lila Winkel Association. The correspondence between Gerhard Steinacher and his parents was published in 1998.