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Karl Tlasek - Gedenktafel

Drischützgasse 4, Simmering (1110), Vienna

The record

Type
Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
Material
Bronze
Plaque made
1946
Epoch
Nach 1945
Address
Drischützgasse 4
District
Simmering (1110)
City
Vienna (Wien)
Country
Austria
Coordinates
48.17563, 16.41186
Object number
95750

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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)
  • 1837 · (I Section). Nach Angabe und auf Kosten des Verfassers der Darstellung des Erzherzogthums… (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

Am 16. Oktober 1932 / überfielen Hitlerfaschisten / das Bezirkssekretariat der / S.D.A.P. und ermordeten in / feiger Weise den Sozialisten / Karl Tlasek / der sich ihnen in Ausübung / seines Dienstes als Rayons- / Inspektor mutig entgegenstellte / Der feige, bewaffnete Überfall / wurde kurz darauf von einigen / Simmeringer Schutzbündlern / erfolgreich abgeschlagen / Diesen tapferen Kämpfern in Dankbarkeit gewidmet /
SPÖ Bezirksorganisation XI / Gewerkschaft d. öffent. Angestellten / ...

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

On 16 October 1932 / Hitlerite fascists attacked / the district secretariat of the / S.D.A.P. and cowardly murdered / the Socialist / Karl Tlasek / who bravely confronted them in the performance / of his duty as Rayons- / Inspector / The cowardly, armed attack / was shortly afterwards successfully repelled by several / Simmering Schutzbund members / Dedicated in gratitude to these brave fighters / SPÖ District Organisation XI / Trade Union of Public Employees / ...

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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