Wien (memorial, Franklinstrasse)
Historical background Vienna’s 21st district had attracted Gypsies of various groups before, but it was recorded that in 1920 many…
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Salzburg-Maxglan (memorial)
Historical background Salzburg-Maxglan Description of commemoration The memorial is located on the site of the former Salzburg-Maxglan labour…
Salzburg – Maxglan (Stolperstein)
Historical background Salzburg-Maxglaner Description of commemoration In 2007, Gunter Demnig, a German artist, chose the site of the…
Salzburg – Ignaz-Rieder Kai
Historical background Over 300 Roma from Salzburg, Tyrol, Upper Austria and Carinthia (southern Austria) were imprisoned in the Maxglan camp…
Lackenbach (memorial)
Historical background In November 1940, a prevention camp for Gypsies was created in Lackenbach. The number of prisoners fluctuated between…
Grossbach (memorial)
Historical background Of the 223 Roma registered in Grossbach before the war, approximately 150 were deported to Auschwitz, including 106…
Sankt Pantaleon (memorial, camp)
Historical background In the town of Sankt Pantaleon in Upper Austria there was a labour camp (July 5, 1940 –…
Holzgassen (stolperstein)
Historical background See: Holzgassen (memorial, cross) Description of commemoration The location in front of the building No. 27 in the…
Holzgassen (memorial, cross)
Historical background See the text below Description of commemoration A local blacksmith-artist, a descendant of a family of blacksmiths with…
Buchkirchen (monument)
Historical background Before the war, Sinti from the Blach family lived in Buchkirchen (Upper Austria, Wels-Land district). After Austria’s annexation…