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Franz Schuster - Gedenktafel

Hagenmüllergasse 14-16, Landstraße (1030), Vienna

The record

Type
Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
Material
Stein
Epoch
Nach 1945
Address
Hagenmüllergasse 14-16
Location
Franz-Schuster-Hof
District
Landstraße (1030)
City
Vienna (Wien)
Country
Austria
Coordinates
48.19887, 16.40131
Object number
94905

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1813 map "Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1813 · Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1837 · I, II, III, IV Sections. Umgebung von Wien. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1837 · (I Section). Nach Angabe und auf Kosten des Verfassers der Darstellung des Erzherzogthums… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1862 · Karte des Donau-Stromes innerhalb der Gränzen des österreichischen Kaiserstaates (Austrian National Library)
  • 1877 · Wein. (Nieder-Osterreich) (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)

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The City of Vienna's record

Franz Schuster / Freiheitskämpfer / 1904-1943

Ing. Franz Schuster (geb. 1904), Stadtbauinspektor des Wiener Elektrizitätswerkes, war Obmann der sozialdemokratischen Unterrichtsorganisation im 3. Bezirk. Nach dem Bürgerkrieg im Februar 1934 zählte er zu den führenden Funktionären der illegalen Gruppe "Rote Front", später trat er der Kommunistischen Partei bei. Im Dezember 1934 wurde Schuster als Organisationsleiter der KPÖ verhaftet und war mit einjähriger Unterbrechung bis Februar 1938 im Anhaltelager Wöllersdorf inhaftiert. Unter der NS-Herrschaft wurde er im September 1939 verhaftet. Er starb 1943 im KZ Buchenwald, wo er bis zu seinem Tod einer der österreichischen Vertreter im illegalen internationalen Häftlingskommitee gewesen war.

English translation

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Franz Schuster / Freedom Fighter / 1904-1943

Ing. Franz Schuster (born 1904), Stadtbauinspektor des Wiener Elektrizitätswerkes, was Obmann of the Social Democratic education organisation in the 3rd district. After the civil war of February 1934 he was one of the leading functionaries of the illegal group "Rote Front"; later he joined the Communist Party. In December 1934 Schuster was arrested as organisational head of the KPÖ and was held in the Anhaltelager Wöllersdorf until February 1938, with a one-year interruption. Under Nazi rule he was arrested in September 1939. He died in 1943 in the Buchenwald concentration camp, where, until his death, he had been one of the Austrian representatives in the illegal international prisoners' committee.

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Datenquelle: Stadt Wien – data.wien.gv.at (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0). Inscriptions and notes are reproduced unchanged. Stadt Wien · CC BY 4.0
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