Background
Johann Nobis was born to a farmer in the Holzhausen municipality Saint Georgen bei Salzburg.
Johann Nobis was born to a farmer in the Holzhausen municipality Saint Georgen bei Salzburg.
He was arrested, and on 23 November 1939 was sentenced to death by a Reich"s court-martial, for diminishing the state"s defensive power. He was imprisoned at Plötzensee Prison on 20 December 1939, where he was executed on 6 January 1940. His farewell letter to his mother is archived at the DÖWest, donated by Gertrud Feichtinger-Nobis.
Gunter Demnig was a guest of the Arts Initiative KNIE in Oberndorf bei Salzburg.
In nearby Sankt Radegund a Stolperstein for the beatified Franz Jägerstätter was set up in 2006.
He has installed over 20,000 stolpersteine for victims of the National Socialist regime.
