About this place
Morzinplatz is the site of the former Hotel Metropole, which served as the headquarters for the Vienna Gestapo from 1938 to 1945. It was the nerve center of Nazi terror in Vienna, where deportations were organized and prisoners were brutally interrogated. The building was destroyed in the war, but a memorial now marks the spot, dedicated to the victims of the Gestapo. It serves as a final reminder that the machinery of genocide operated in the very center of the city, hidden in plain sight.
Key facts
- 7 years — The Hotel Metropole served as the Gestapo headquarters
- 1951 year — Survivors erected the first memorial stone here
- 4 address — Morzinplatz 4 was the most feared address in Vienna
📍 Morzinplatz 1, 1010, Wien