Gestapo Victims - Salzburg, Austria
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N 47° 47.880 E 013° 02.620
33T E 353500 N 5295702
A plaque honoring victims of the Gestapo is located on the outside wall of the former Franciscan Monastery in Salzburg, Austria.
Waymark Code: WMMG4K
Location: Salzburg, Austria
Date Posted: 09/15/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
Views: 14

The plaque is in German and reads:

Dieses kloster war 1938 bis 1945 von der Gestapo beschlagnahmt.

Zum gedenken an qualen, folter und tod ungezählter opfer

Die stadt Salzburg

[English Translation]

This monastery was confiscated by the Gestapo from 1938 to 1945.

In memory of the countless victims of torment, torture and death

The City of Salzburg

Some information about the site where the plaque is located:

"The building of Franziskanergasse 5a is part of the [former] Franciscan monastery and - like almost all monastic property's - was confiscated by the Nazis after the Anschluss. The Gestapo made the building its Salzburg headquarter and used its basement as an interrogation and torture venue for the first wave of persecution - mostly aimed at politically unwanted individuals (conservatives and social democrats). Today, the basement is home to a Catholic fraternity..."

-- Source

Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]

Location: Franziskanergasse 5 (location of the former Franciscan Monastery)

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