Img. ID: 424746
| On an area of the Schlossgasse near the Kobersdorf synagogue
yellow brick (paving)
Immediately after the Nazis took power in Austria in March 1938, the expulsion of the Kobersdorf Jews began. By May 1938, local Nazi leaders reported that Kobersdorf had been "liberated" from the Jews. By municipal council made Adolph Hitler an honorary citizen of Kobersdorf.
219 Jewish residents of Kobersdorf lived in Kobersdorf before 1938. “Of these, it is almost certain that 150 women, men, and children were murdered,” by the German (and Austrian) Nazis.
The “Association for a Memorial in Remembrance of the Expelled Jewish Residents of Kobersdorf” was formed to create a memorial for these former residents of Kobersdorf. A proposal by the painter Prof. Ernst Fuchs began the project. Former mayor Erwin Hausensteiner was deeply involved.
The memorial includes the names of all 216 (219?) Kobersdorf residents in both German and Hebrew.
A sign set off to the side of the memorial presents the following explanations:
Das Mahnmal wurde vom Verein
“Gedenken an die im Jahr 1938
vertriebenen judischen Einwohner
von Kobersdorf – Mahnmal”
in Jahr 2017 nach dem Entwurf von
Prof. Ernst Fuchs (1930-2015), Wien,
dessen Vorfahren vaterlicherseits aus
der judischen Gemeinde Kobersdorf
stammten, errichtet.
Translation: The memorial was set up by the association “Commemorating the 1938 displaced Jewish residents from Kobersdorf – memorial” in 2017 according to the design of Prof. Ernst Fuchs (1930-2015), Vienna, his paternal ancestors the Jewish community of Kobersdorf originated, erected.
Für die auf dem Mahnmal aufgefürten Namen ehemaliger jüdischer Bewohner von
Kobersdorf kann der erschaffende Gedenk-Verein keinen Anspruch auf deren richtige
Schreibweise oder auf Vollständigkeit erheben.
Die Darstellung der Namen auf dem Mahnmal koonte nur nach vorhandenen Archiv-
Quellen erfolgen und soll vor allem die Größenordnung der seinerzeitigen
schrecklichen Zäsur vor Augen führen.
Für weiterföhrende Erganzungen oder Korrekturen ist der Gedenk-Verein dankbar.
Verein Gedenken an die im Jahr 1938 vertriebenen jüdischen Einwohner von
Kobersdorf-Mahnmal
Translation: For the names of former Jewish residents of Kobersdorf, the creating memorial association cannot claim their correct spelling or completeness. The representation of the names on the memorial is only based on existing archive sources and should bring to mind above all the magnitude of the terrible disaster. The Memorial Association is grateful for further additions or corrections. - Association commemorating the Jewish residents of 1938 who were expelled Kobersdorf Memorial