Memorial Plaque Jura Soyfer with Relief

The memorial plaque for Jura Soyfer with a relief frame was installed in 1990 on the façade of the residential building at Heinestraße 4 in the 2nd District. The relief, designed by Helmut Kurz-Goldenstein, depicts themes from Soyfer's poetry as well as general themes of war, torture, and violence. The inscription on the plaque quotes a line from the "Song of the Earth," which Soyfer composed in 1936. Jura Soyfer was threatened by persecution by the NS regime due to his anti-fascist stance and his Jewish heritage. During an attempt to flee to Switzerland, he was arrested on March 13, 1938, one day after the "Anschluss," in Gargellen in Vorarlberg, sent to the concentration camp Dachau, and later deported to the concentration camp Buchenwald, where he died of typhus in 1939.