Gedenktafel Hans Karl Zessner-Spitzenberg

The memorial plaque commemorates the jurist Hans Karl Zeßner-Spitzenberg. It was installed on February 4, 1955, within the Kaasgrabenkirche at Stefan-Esders-Platz. During a renovation, the plaque was moved to the exterior façade on October 7, 1978. At an unknown time (possibly 1978), the original plaque was replaced by a new one with significantly altered text. Zeßner-Spitzenberg was arrested by the Gestapo as a Catholic-monarchist opponent of the NS regime shortly after the "Anschluss," on March 18, 1938, and deported to the Dachau concentration camp, where he was beaten to death after severe mistreatment.