Crime scene Graz-Wetzelsdorf 1945. History, memory, commemoration. Nazi war crimes at the former SS barracks Graz-Wetzelsdorf

 
in German:
Tatort Graz-Wetzelsdorf 1945. Geschichte, Gedächtnis, Gedenken. NS-Kriegsendphaseverbrechen in der ehemaligen SS-Kaserne Graz-Wetzelsdorf

Project

 

Description

The project focuses on one of the greatest Nazi crimes committed in Austria at the end of the war in 1945, which has largely been forgotten: the murder of over 250 people at the SS barracks in Graz-Wetzelsdorf, today's Belgian barracks [Belgier-Kaserne]. To this day, this crime has neither been legally resolved nor has it been subjected to extensive scientific investigation, which is why only little reliable information has been available to date. The aim is to produce a publication on the "Wetzelsdorf case".

in German:
Das Projektvorhaben thematisiert eines der größten NS-Verbrechen in der Kriegsendphase 1945 im österreichischen Raum, das weitgehend in Vergessenheit geraten ist: die Ermordung von über 250 Menschen in der SS-Kaserne Graz-Wetzelsdorf, der heutigen Belgierkaserne. Bis heute ist dieses Verbrechen weder juristisch geklärt, noch wurde es einer umfangreichen wissenschaftlichen Aufarbeitung zugeführt, weshalb bislang nur wenige gesicherte Informationen vorlagen. Ziel ist die Erstellung einer Publikation zum „Fall Wetzelsdorf“.

Applicant

Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies

in German:
Wiener Wiesenthal Institut für Holocaust-Studien

Website

Location

Austria | show on map

Approved

15 May 2020

Category

Research

Type

Academic / scientific projects

Funding

National Fund budget

Please note

The project contents and descriptions are based primarily on the submissions of the project applicants. These submissions are edited for publication and translated into English. Although it is subjected to rigorous checks, the National Fund does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information provided.