Gedenktafel Leopold Zobel

On November 26, 2008, a memorial plaque was unveiled at the Bundesgymnasium Fichtnergasse in the 13th district, commemorating the painter and former student Leopold Zobel. During the National Socialist era, the convinced pacifist refused to comply with the call-up order to the Wehrmacht, was arrested, and murdered in the concentration camp Flossenbürg. The plaque was installed in collaboration with the district representative in the school building. The unveiling took place within the framework of a commemorative ceremony, which was part of a multi-month school project on the NS period. The art educator Gerhard Weissenbacher had already begun, in the early 1990s, within the context of artistic education, to work together with female and male students on the life and work of Leopold Zobel. From this, a brochure was created, which served as the basis for the memorial plaque. The plaque shows a portrait of Leopold Zobel.