First stumbling block in St. Veit: A sign against forgetting!
First stumbling block in St. Veit: A sign against forgetting!
The first stumbling blocks were placed in St. Veit in St. Veit today, which are reminiscent of the dark history of National Socialism. These small brass stores, which are installed for victims of the regime, commemorate Hermann Göschler, a young witness Jehovah, who was sentenced to death in 1939 due to his faith. Peter Stocker, board member of the Lila Winkel association, emphasized the importance of this first plaque. It not only marks a crucial step in the district's memorial culture, but also creates a place of memory and pause for the victims. The stumbling blocks are a project by the artist Gunter Demnig, who has been active since 1992 and has relocated more than 100,000 of these tables in different countries, as reported.a sign of memory
The installation of this plaque is considered overdue, especially in view of the low number of stumbling blocks in Klagenfurt, of which only 22 have so far been laid. For comparison: there are 400 stumbling blocks in Salzburg and in Graz. The memorial culture in the region is still at the beginning. The project serves to make the names and stories of the victims visible and to commemorate the people who suffered from National Socialism. Stefan Regenfelder, head of the museum and city archive, described this initiative as an important beginning. The stumbling blocks ask the passers-by to bend down and thus pay the dead respect, as well as excelled by the Catholic Church Carinthia
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