Memorial Plaque Wilhelm Ellenbogen

At the Dr.-Ellenbogen-Hof on the Brigittenauer Lände 148-154, the city of Vienna installed a memorial plaque in September 1963 in honor of Wilhelm Ellenbogen, the namesake of the residential complex and the social democratic politician. Wilhelm Ellenbogen was threatened by the antisemitic policies of the National Socialists and therefore had to flee to the USA in 1939. Even under the Austrofascist regime, Ellenbogen had already lost his political functions as a member of the National Council and as a member of the party leadership of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP). In 1934, he was temporarily arrested. After 1945, he was unable to return to Vienna.