Dispute over Stalin memorial plaque: FPÖ demands immediate removal!

Dispute over Stalin memorial plaque: FPÖ demands immediate removal!

Schönbrunner Schlossstraße, 1120 Wien, Österreich - The Vienna city government has decided to check the controversial plaque for Josef Stalin in Meidling. SPÖ and NEOS, the government parties, have the removal of the board checked. This table, which has been attached to Schönbrunner Schlossstrasse since 1949 and points out that Stalin lived there for a short time in 1913, is at the center of heated debates. The FPÖ, represented by club chairman Maximilian Krauss, demands the immediate removal and criticizes that the government parties ignore Stalin's atrocities that cost millions of people. These controversy burdened political discussion culture, as OE24 reported.

contextualization and responsibility

around 2012 the original plaque was expanded to include an additional board that refers to the victims of Stalinism. In her application, the city government emphasizes that it always endeavors to adequately contextualize historical memorial places in order to reflect on the dark chapters of history without glossing over them. The cultural -political representatives demand that the city should deal with the story and look at the board testing instead of simply leaving them in public space. Cultural City Councilor Veronica Kaup-Hasler (SPÖ) was commissioned to determine "further options and options for action" for a distance, since the discussion about this is emphatically necessary, as wien.orf.at reported.

The debate about the plaque illustrates the profound challenges that exist in dealing with historical memorial pieces that often touch the controversial aspects of history. The central question arises as to how a responsible examination of the past can take place without denying historical responsibility, but at the same time meeting the requirements of today's society. The FPÖ sees this an urgent need and demands an immediate decision in favor of the removal of the board, since in its opinion, a "historical contextualization" of such an honor cannot do justice.