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Alfred Klahr - Gedenktafel

Novaragasse 17-19, Leopoldstadt (1020), Vienna

The record

Type
Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
Material
Stein
Plaque made
1953
Epoch
Nach 1945
Address
Novaragasse 17-19
District
Leopoldstadt (1020)
City
Vienna (Wien)
Country
Austria
Coordinates
48.21917, 16.38382
Object number
95139

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1752 map "Autriche septentrionale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1752 · Autriche septentrionale. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 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)
  • 1843 · (With directional lighting) Neuester Plan von Wien und Dessen 34 Vorstaedten in Relief. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 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

In diesem Hause lebte / Dr. Alfred Klahr /
Während der nationalsozialistischen / Herrschaft wurde er im Alter / von 39 Jahren im Juli 1944 / von den SS-Faschisten ermordet. /
Er kämpfte für ein freies, / demokratisches Österreich, / für den Frieden, / und für das Glück der Menschheit. / Mögen die Menschen / sein Opfer verstehen.

Alfred Klahr war Mitglied des ZK der KPÖ und Widerstandskämpfer. Er wurde 1941 in der Schweiz aufgegriffen, nach Frankreich ins Lager Le Vernet gebracht und von dort schließlich nach Auschwitz deportiert. 1944 gelang ihm die Flucht aus dem KZ, einige Wochen später wurde er in Warschau von einer deutschen Streife erschossen.

English translation

The text above is the record as published by the City of Vienna (Stadt Wien), in German. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the City of Vienna (Stadt Wien); it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

In this house lived / Dr. Alfred Klahr /
During the National Socialist / rule he was murdered by SS fascists / at the age of 39 years in July 1944. /
He fought for a free, / democratic Austria, / for peace, / and for the happiness of mankind. / May people / understand his sacrifice.

Alfred Klahr was a member of the Central Committee of the KPÖ and a resistance fighter. He was arrested in Switzerland in 1941, taken to France to the Le Vernet camp and from there ultimately deported to Auschwitz. In 1944 he succeeded in escaping from the concentration camp; a few weeks later he was shot in Warsaw by a German patrol.

Other plaques nearby

Other plaques in the City's record within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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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