Glasfenster in der Votivkirche zur Todesstiege im KZ Mauthausen

In the year 1970, a stained glass window was installed within the Votivkirche in the 9th district, depicting the Todesstiege of the former concentration camp Mauthausen. The window shows a total of six prisoners in prisoner uniforms (vertically striped blue and white), partially the red triangle (for political prisoners) is also visible. A guard in black clothing (likely SS) is depicted, beating a prisoner with a stick, while the prisoner is ascending the stairs. Another prisoner is carrying a stone, while another prisoner is helping a prisoner lying on the ground. In the lower left corner, a priest (also in prisoner clothing, referring to the priest Heinrich Maier, who was murdered on March 22, 1945) is administering the absolution to another prisoner. At the upper end of the Todesstiege, Jesus Christ is depicted, carrying the cross along the Todesstiege upwards, with a man dressed in red (likely Simon of Cyrene) helping him. The donor of the stained glass window was the ÖVP-Kameradschaft of the politically persecuted and confessors for Austria, which is also indicated at the lower end of the stained glass window.