Memorial Stone Paul Speiser

In the Paul-Speiser-Hof in Freytaggasse 1-14 there is a memorial stone for the namesake of the housing complex, the social democratic politician Paul Speiser. Paul Speiser lost his function as a city councillor under the Austrofascist regime in February 1934. After his arrest at the town hall, he was interned in the detention camp Wöllersdorf. Under the Nazi regime that came to power in 1938, he was arrested again after the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler in July 1944. The housing complex was named after Paul Speiser in 1948; on this occasion, the memorial stone was also erected with an inscription that honors Speiser's social and political work, and a portrait of the politician.