veterans without war from BOEM* on Vimeo.
veterans without war from BOEM* on Vimeo.
veterans without war from BOEM* on Vimeo.
B/C/S with german Subtitles
amaro drom- film by Sasa Barbul
Amaro Drom – Unser Weg from BOEM* on Vimeo.
jugoremedija chronology 2012
On the 27th April 2012, Jugoremedija has submitted to the State Public Attorney a proposal for a peaceful settlement of dispute, seeking damages for the unlawful actions of government bodies in selling shares of the company (privatization) in 2002, and for the lack of supervision over the execution of the privatization contract. These actions allowed Jovica Stefanovic (the new “owner-investor”) in 2004 to dismissed 150 workers and continuously rob the factory until March 2007 when he lost control of Jugoremedija in a lawsuit initiated against him by the factory’s small shareholders. The damage Jugoremedija, its workers and shareholders for failure to State organs was estimated at 111 million euro. The submission of the proposal for a peaceful settlement of dispute, was followed by amplified attacks by the Authorities, which lasts to this day.
Chronology 2012
29th of June – Shareholders’ assembly
The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Jugoremedija needed to take the necessary decisions that would allow the company to comply with the new Companies Act that has set deadline for all companies in Serbia to harmonize their regulations and structure with its provisions by 15th of July 2012, otherwise they would be liquidated.
However, one group of shareholders did not certify their powers of attorney for the assembly (a new provision by law) and could not officially participate in the voting; the second group i.e. the State which has 30% vote, was sent to abstain, but their power of attorney was submitted after the statutory deadline and so could not take part in the voting, as well. The Assembly was postponed for two weeks for lack of quorum which put the company at risk of missing the legal deadline and being liquidated.
15th of July – Postponed Shareholders’ assembly
For a postponed assembly, the law allows for a lower quorum, and decisions on aligning Jugoremedija with new Company Law were adopted. The state is once again sent their representatives to abstain. However, the vote is by power of attorney and since the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development did not want to take the political responsibility for the liquidation of Jugoremedija (especially during the election campaign!), this power of attorney was signed by a lower official of the Agency for Privatization instead of the Minister himself. Therefore, the verification Commission did not allow the representatives of the State to vote in this postponed assembly as well. Jugoremedija liquidation is avoided or rather the intention of the State to avoid a decision on the claim for damages by liquidating the legal person who has filed it failed.
28th of July
Unknown persons set fire to the company car that is used by Jugoremedija’s CEO Zdravko Deurić, in the parking lot outside the building where he lives. Till now, the perpetrators have not been caught although they were documented by security cameras set on the neighboring building. Mainstream media in Serbia reported this news with the commentary that workers of Jugoremedija have not been paid for months.
1st of August
Police arrested Zdravko Deurić, Ankica Malušić – the financial director Jugoremedija, Milana Zlokas – the director of Penfarme (a new factory for the production of penicillin) and Stevan Gregovic – an appraiser and court expert, on suspicion of wrong estimation of Jugoremedija’s investment and therefore its respective part in ownership in the new company and factory Penfarm by which, it was assumed, Jugoremedija was damaged for 600 thousand Euro. They were ordered a two-day detention. After two days Ankica Malušić and Stevan Gregović were released whereas the detention of Zdravko Deurić and Milana Zlokas was extended for a month on account that they might influence witnesses while the investigative judge is on his annual summer vacation. A few days later the Police began bringing in Jugoremedija’s workers and shareholders for “informal” interrogation, which itself is illegal since once and investigation is officially opened citizens connected to the case can be questioned only as witnesses. they were pressured to testify against Deurić and Zlokas, or to be accused themselves (e.g., a police inspector told Jelena Lukic Jugoremedija’s deputy director, during her questioning that he is not yet sure whether she was brought in as the defendant, a witness or as a citizen).
2nd of August
First protest rally of more than a hundred of Jugoremedija’s workers and shareholders in front of Zrenjanin’s Central Police Station (Zrenjaninskog MUP-a), demanding the termination of the detention on account of its irregular procedures.
3rd of August
At 10 o’clock Jugoremedija’s workers and shareholders occupy Zrenjanin City Hall, seeking to speak with Goran Knezevic, Zrenjanin’s Mayor and Minister of Agriculture. Knezevic only appears around midnight and promises concrete information about the release of the detained and help for Jugoremedija in several days. Protesters are breaking.
6th of August
Jugoremedija files a lawsuit against Republic of Serbia for damages of privatization in the amount of 111 million Euro, following the expiration of the legal period given by law for the Attorney General to respond to the proposal for peaceful settlement of the dispute.
8th of August
Finance (tax) and crime police enter the factory to conduct a two-month long investigative search. Workers are questioned daily in the premises of the factory, and the police declares the drugs found in a warehouse evidence and bans their sale.
14th of August
“State violence against JUGOREMEDIJA” a round table organized by Center for Cultural Decontamination and CA Ravnopravnost. Speakers: Nebojsa Popov, sociologist, Zagorka Golubovic, anthropologist, Dr. Ivan Jankovic, lawyer, Sasa Jankovic, Ombudsman, Gordana Spasojevic, lawyer; Branislav Markus, president of Ravnopravnost; Zlokas Vera, the mother detained Milane Zlokas, Jasenka Golic, lawyer of Jugoremedija; Ljubica Stjepanovic – Muhić, President of Shareholders Association Prosveta, Belgrade, Zoran Gočević, leader of the former employees and shareholders Srbolek.
15th of August
Forty workers of Jugoremedija gather outside Zrenjanin’s Central Police Station (Zrenjaninskog MUP-a), and demand to be informed as to the progress in the investigation of Deurić’s torched car. The head of the investigation informs them, the next day, in written form that the investigation is ongoing.
17th of August
Forty employees and shareholders Jugoremedija gathers in front of the jail with a request to be allowed to visit the detainees, but the visits were permitted only to members of the immediate families.
20th of August
Another protest held in front of Zrenjanin’s High Court for breach of the presumption of innocence of the detainees. The presumption of innocence was violated because Deurić and Zlokas were detained while the police did not yet qualify the crime with which they were charged, but continued to investigate even after detention. The representatives of the protest Branislav Markus (Ravnopravnost) and Vladimir Pecikoza (Union Jugoremedija) were met by the Secretary of the High Court Branislav Golijanin who promised them a written response as soon as possible to the allegations that the detention of Zdravko Deurić and Milana Zlokas violated their presumption of innocence. To this day the answer has not arrived.
22th of August
While in custody, Zdravko Deurić resigns from the position of CEO of Jugoremedija, at the insistence of the two defense lawyers hired by him on recommendation of the Minister of Agriculture and former Mayor of Zrenjanin Goran Knezevic. As visits were limited solely to Deurić’s family members and lawyers and Deurić has no direct contact with leading factory management or those of the anti-corruption struggle. Therefore, attorneys could convince him that for now, his resignation is the best solution for Jugoremedija and that it is also the position of the Board of Directors of the factory, which was untrue. Jugoremedija’s Board of Directors accepts, the next day, Deurić resignation in the belief that is his wish.
27th of August
The European Parliament Liaison for European Integration in South East Europe Jelko Kacin, visits the workers and shareholders of Jugoremedija. Kacin said on that occasion that the resolution of the European Parliament to investigate 24 cases of controversial privatization, among which is the privatization of Jugoremedija was understood by anyone who knows the Serbian language, and the European Parliament in its resolution clearly stated that it expects to investigate suspected corruption in privatization, not to arrest shareholders.
28th of August
Zrenjanin’s power company tries to turn the power off in Jugoremedija, but is disrupted by the workers.
4th and 5th of September
The investigating judge hears all ten witnesses and nevertheless orders another month of detention for Deurić and Zlokas, on the State Prosecutors “word” that the investigation will be expended.
7th of September
Another protest in front of the prison to demand the release of Zdravko and Milana
19th of September
Association Ravnopravnost in cooperation with the Center for Cultural Decontamination organized another protest in front of the prison where in addition to Jugoremedija’s workers and shareholders participate dozens of workers from several Belgrade companies in the process of privatization (Srbolek, Rekord, Trudbenik …), non-governmental organizations and individuals from other towns in Serbia.
20th of September
Milana Zlokas and Zdravko Deurić are released from custody. No evidence was found for the embezzlement of 600 thousand Euros.
11th of October
The High Public Prosecutor expands investigation against Zdravko Deurić and Ankice Malušić for alleged tax evasion and to initiate proceedings to seize his assets in order to secure payment if a court determines that the State was damaged due to the unpaid taxes.
ravnopravost on jugoremedija
Dear ….
On August 1st, 2012, , the Zrenjanin Police arrested Jugoremedija’s General Director, Zdravko Deuric and Financial Director Anika Malusic, as well as a Director of Penpharm, Milana Zlokas on the basis of a “suspicion” of criminal offence abuse of power. Those under arrest are the very individuals who brought to light the plunder associated with the first “privatization’ of Jugoremedija, a process now facing scrutiny by the European Commission. The charges “abuse of power” are a relic of the influence of Soviet jurisprudence on domestic law, which is especially known to be used in politically manufactured cases, and which remains part of Serbian criminal law, despite repeated comments from the Europe an Commission. This case impacts not only the concrete persons in question but over 450 workers and 4000 small shareholders of Jugoremedija and Penpharm since it is orchestrated in order to gain State/tycoon control over these factories and close them down. This repression calls for special measures in the form of specialized lawyers that can deal with political cases. We, therefore, appeal to you on the basis of workers’ struggle and Human Rights, who recognized the faults in the privatization process and criminal code to support morally and financially the defense of this case.
Branislav Markus
Ravnopravnost
More details about the case:
These arbitrary arrests, on the 1st of August, resulted in significant breaches of the law on criminal procedure, because prior to the issuance of decisions on detention, the detainees were not allowed to present defenses: they were not informed of the charges against them, nor were they interrogated, contrary to any minimum guarantees of liberty and due process. The investigation was opened on August 3rd, when Zdravko Deuric and Milana Zlokas were ordered detain for one month, on the basis of the need to “examine witnesses”, while the other defendants were released. The detention ordered as the investigating judge is on vacation while the Court is on annual recess. As a result, detainees must remain in prison, ostensibly to prevent undue “influence of witnesses’, although in this matter, the relevant facts will be established through financial and other documents, and not on the basis of witness testimony.
Upon opening their investigation, the Zrenjanjin Police continued to “build” their case on a foundation of flagrant violations of the law, by asking Jugoremedija workers every day to attend for investigation as citizens, despite the fact that after opening on August 3rd, investigation ought to require workers being interrogated as witnesses, in front of a judge. The police invitations for informational discussions indicate that the invitations are aimed at collecting evidence of criminal acts relating to abuse of power. The Zrenanjin police and courts are simultaneously pursuing and overlapping two procedural phases: pre-trial and investigatory. The criminal process is thus brought to a close, replaced by institutional lawlessness, preceded by physical violence that continues -extrajudicial attacks on the workers of Jugoremedija such as throwing concrete block into one of the worker’s-activist’s bedroom in February and setting Zdravko Deuric’s car on fire a week before his arresting.
Since the cancelation of the privatization contract and return of the company to the hands of the workers and small shareholders in March 2007, the company is constantly “under investigation” but since August 1″, the business of Jugoremedija has been usurped by constant demands and orders from tax inspectors and corporate crime investigators who spend all their time at Jugoremedija and interfere with work. And while one group of workers is called for investigation, the remaining workers are “employed’ for the purpose of producing “cases” from arbitrary suspicions and accusations.
Jugoremedija endures a heavy burden, unable to perform business as usual and to cope with already very difficult situation caused by the actions of state agencies, which the European Parliament addressed in Resolution B7-000012012 (issued March 29, 2012), calling on “the Serbian authorities to review immediately the controversial privatisation and sale of 24 companies, seeing that the European Commission found serious doubts concerning their legality, including [… ] Jugoremedija’. The current actions of the Zrenanjin police and courts are revenge because the workers of Jugoremedija have succeeded in alerting the European Commission .
On the 20 of September, Zdravko Deuric and Milana Zlokas were freed after 50 days in jail, 15 days after all the witnesses were heard and no charges were handed in to the court. The allegations were widen to another two persons – the chief driver and the head procurer which have no access to the major criminal accusation. Such behavior by police and judicial authorities make it clear that they lack foundation for investigation and are simply randomly shaking down any aspect of Jugoremedija’s work, hoping that evidence will be revealed. Yet all indications are that there is no case. Two people were unjustly detained, while the other Jugoremedija workers are terrorized daily by unceasing demands for unlawful interrogations, clearly with the goal of intimidation and fear.
From all the said above it is clear the legal attack on Jugoremedija, Penfarm, their directors, workers and small shareholders is motivate by political and economic interests and not by genuine legal doubts. This calls for a team of lawyers that can deal with political-economic cases which is beyond the financial capabilities of the individuals and firms involved, therefore we would greatly appreciate any help you could offer.
The arrestment of Jugoremedija’s Director and Financial Director
On August 1st, 2012, on the basis of a “suspicion” of criminal offence abuse of power, the Zrenanjin Police arrested Jugoremedija’s General Director, Zdravko Deurić and Financial Director Anika Malušić, as well as a Director of Penpharm, Milana Zlokas. Those under arrest are the very individuals who brought to light the plunder associated with the first “privatization” of Jugoremedija, a process now facing scrutiny by the European Commission.
These arbitrary arrests resulted in significant breaches of the law on criminal procedure, because prior to the issuance of decisions on detention, the detainees were not allowed to present defenses: they were not informed of the charges against them, nor were they interrogated, contrary to any minimum guarantees of liberty and due process. The investigation was opened on August 3rd, when Zdravko Deurić and Milana Zlokas were ordered detained for one month, on the basis of the need to “examine witnesses”, while the other defendants were released. The detention will be one month only formally, but de facto at least two months, as the investigating judge is on vacation while the Court is on annual recess. As a result, detainees must remain in prison, ostensibly to prevent undue “influence of witnesses.” Of course, not one witness has actually been subpoenaed or summoned yet, not even for September, because in this matter, the relevant facts will be established through financial and other documents, and not on the basis of witness testimony.
Upon opening their investigation, the Zrenanjin Police continued to “build” their case on a foundation of flagrant violations of the law, by asking Jugoremedija workers every day to attend for investigation as citizens, despite the fact that after opening on August 3rd, investigation ought to require workers being interrogated as witnesses, in front of a judge. The police invitations for informational discussions indicate that the invitations are aimed at collecting evidence of criminal acts relating to abuse of power (a relic of the influence of Soviet jurisprudence on domestic law which remains part of Serbian criminal law, despite several comments from the European Commission). The Zrenanjin police and courts are simultaneously pursuing and overlapping two procedural phases: pre-trial and investigatory. The criminal process is thus brought to a close, replaced by institutional lawlessness, preceded by physical violence that continues – extrajudicial attacks on the workers of Jugoremedija.
Since August 1st, the business of Jugoremedija has been usurped by constant demands and orders from tax inspectors and corporate crime investigators who spend all their time at Jugoremedija and interfere with work. And while one group of workers is called for investigation, the remaining workers are “employed” for the purpose of producing “cases” from arbitrary suspicions and accusations.
Jugoremedija endures a heavy burden, unable to perform business as usual and to cope with already very difficult situation caused by the actions of state agencies, which the European Parliament addressed in Resolution B7-0000/2012 (issued March 29, 2012), calling on „the Serbian authorities to review immediately the controversial privatisation and sale of 24 companies, seeing that the European Commission found serious doubts concerning their legality, including […] Jugoremedija“. The current actions of the Zrenanjin police and courts are revenge because the workers of Jugoremedija have succeeded in alerting the European Commission.
Such behavior by police and judicial authorities make it clear that they lack foundation for investigation and are simply randomly shaking down any aspect of Jugoremedija’s work, hoping that evidence will be revealed. Yet all indications are that there is no case. Two people are unjustly detained, while the other Jugoremedija workers are terrorized daily by unceasing demands for unlawful interrogations, clearly with the goal of intimidation and fear. We urge that such state violence be stopped and that Milana Zlokas and Zdravko Deurić be released.
17 September 2011 – Poster
(Deutsch) Programm – 17. September 2011
Samstag, 17.9.2011
12 Uhr – Volxküche, Infostand und szenische Interventionen am Yppenplatz
16 Uhr – Treffpunkt am Schuhmeierplatz für einen Rundgang durch das aufständische Ottakring
18 Uhr – Straßenfest am Hofferplatz mit Infos, Live-Musik und Volksküche
22 Uhr – Fortsetzung im BOEM* http://boem.postism.org (Koppstraße 26)
Donnerstag, 22.9.2011
20 Uhr – Diskussion mit Wolfgang Maderthaner und Susan Zimmermann (HistorikerInnen) im BOEM*
http://boem.postism.org (Koppstraße 26)
Demoroute – 17. September 2011
(Deutsch) 06 Hofferplatz – 17. September 2011
Historisches
Nach den Vorfällen in der Panikengasse, bei der das Wachzimmer angegriffen worden ist, ist ein Teil der DemonstrantInnen zum Hofferplatz gezogen und hat erstmal die dort stationierte Polizei vertrieben. Während in der Thaliastraße Barrikaden gebaut worden sind, haben am Hofferplatz etwa hundert Jugendliche die Schule angegriffen. Sie haben die Fenster eingeschlagen, sind in die Schule rein, haben die Lehrmittel zerstört und die Bänke auf die Straße geworfen, wo sie zum Barrikadenbau verwendet worden sind.
Die Kämpfe am Hofferplatz haben bis gegen achtzehn Uhr gedauert. Erst die zu Hilfe geholte Infanterie hat es geschafft, den Hofferplatz zu räumen, und dann ist hier das Hauptquartier der Repressionskräfte aufgebaut worden. Es war ein richtiges Heerlager mitten im Wohnbezirk, mit zu Pyramiden zusammengestellten Gewehren und am Boden lagernden Soldaten.
Von hier aus sind dann Truppen in alle Teile Ottakrings dirigiert worden. Die Thaliastraße ist schließlich vom Militär besetzt worden, die Vorortelinie von der Polizei, auf der Schmelz waren starke Truppenverbände stationiert, und am Richard Wagner-Platz und am Habsburgplatz ebenfalls. Der Gürtel war gesperrt, das ganze Viertel war hermetisch abgeriegelt, und in den wichtigen Quergassen wie der Kreitnergasse hat es ebenfalls von Repressionskräften gewimmelt.
Zusätzlich ist angeordnet worden, dass alle Haustore um 20 Uhr zu schließen sind, die Gasthäuser um 21 Uhr Sperrstunde haben und eine nächtliche Ausgangssperre ist verhängt worden. Wer im Dunkeln unterwegs war, hat riskiert, erst verprügelt und danach verhaftet und wegen fadenscheiniger Anschuldigungen zu unbedingtem Arrest verurteilt zu werden.
Kurzes Resüme
Insgesamt hat dieser Aufstand fünf Todesopfer gefordert, vier sind am 17. September von Polizei und Militär umgebracht worden, ein weiterer Demonstrant hat sich in der Untersuchungshaft das Leben genommen.
Hunderte Menschen sind verletzt worden, von denen sicherlich viele nicht ins Spital gegangen sind aus Angst davor, auch noch angezeigt zu werden. Einige von ihnen sind angeschossen worden, viele haben Schlag- und Stichwunden von den Säbeln und Bajonetten davongetragen und noch viel mehr sind von der Polizei und den Soldaten verprügelt worden.
Mehrere hundert Menschen sind vor Gericht gestellt und zu Haftstrafen von mehreren Tagen bis zu 15 Monaten verurteilt worden.
In den folgenden Tagen ist der Aufstand da und dort in der Stadt nochmal kurz aufgeflackert, in anderen Städten hat es Solidaritätskundgebungen gegeben, aber das war es dann auch.
Und drei Jahre später hat der Weltkrieg mit dafür gesorgt, dass dieser Teil unserer Geschichte, der 17. September 1911, in Vergessenheit geraten ist. Wer hätte auch ein Interesse daran gehabt, daran zu erinnern?
Die Regierung und die Kapitalisten sicherlich nicht, denn der Aufstand hat allen gezeigt, unter welch miesen Bedingungen die arbeitenden Menschen hier leben haben müssen, und was ihnen blüht, wenn sie sich dagegen wehren.
Die Sozialdemokratie hat aber auch kein Interesse daran gehabt, diesen Aufstand an die große Glocke zu hängen. Denn er hat gezeigt, dass die Leute genug gehabt haben von den Reden im Parlament und den disziplinierten Aufmärschen, die nichts gebracht haben.
Aktuelles
Die sozialdemokratischen Führer waren längst auf ihrem Weg durch die Institutionen, und da sind solche riots wie der in Ottakring eher hinderlich als karrierebefördernd. Wir kennen das auch vom deutschen Grünen Joschka Fischer, der in den 70er Jahren in Frankfurt als „Straßenkämpfer“ begonnen hat. Als Außenminister hat er dann „selbstverständlich“ die „Gewalt auf der Straße“ verurteilt. Den Angriffskrieg der NATO auf Jugoslawien, bei dem Fabriken, Krankenhäuser, Schulen und Verkehrsinfrastruktur in viel größerem Ausmaß zerstört worden sind als 1911 in Ottakring, hat dieser Paradegrüne natürlich gutgeheißen.
Für die sozialdemokratische Führung von 1911 waren die Proteste auf der Straße auch nicht mehr als ein Ventil, bei dem die Mitglieder Dampf ablassen, also vorgegebene Parolen schreien sollten. Die Politik sollte im Parlament stattfinden. Damit hat die Sozialdemokratie einen Schwenk vollzogen, so wie später die österreichischen Grünen in den 80er Jahren des 20. Jahrhunderts. Als die ersten Abgeordneten ins Parlament eingezogen sind, war keine Rede mehr von Basisdemokratie, vom Rotationsprinzip, vom damals sogenannten „Spielbein Parlament“. Im Gegenteil, dieses Spielbein hat nun den Vorrang vor jeglicher selbständigen Unmutsäußerung der Basis, auch wenn die Erfolge dieser parlamentarischen Politik so marginal sind wie der sozialdemokratischen 1911.
(Deutsch) 05 Arbeiterheim – 17. September 2011
Historisches
Das Arbeiterheim Ottakring ist 1905 gebaut worden. Dazu hat die Sozialdemokratie einen Kredit von der Brauerei Ottakringer bekommen, die im Gegenzug das Monopol für die Bierausschank im Arbeiterheim erhalten hat. Beim Bau des Arbeiterheims ist es zu einem Konflikt mit dem Baumeister gekommen, worauf die Arbeiter in den Streik getreten sind. Streikführer war der spätere ÖGB-Präsident Johann Böhm. Er ist schließlich von Franz Schuhmeier, dem Bezirksvorsitzenden der Sozialdemokraten, so unter Druck gesetzt worden, dass der Streik abgebrochen worden ist.
Im Haus hat es ein Gasthaus, ein Café, einen Theatersaal für 1.500 Leute und 40 Wohnungen gegeben, die als Vorbild für gute ArbeiterInnenwohnungen gelten haben sollen, mit ausreichend Belichtung und sogar Zentralheizung.
Am 17. September 1911 ist vor dem Haus der Arbeiter Otto Brötzenberger von einem Soldaten umgebracht worden. Begonnen haben die Auseinandersetzungen hier, wie eine Gruppe Infanterie die Koppstraße raufgekommen ist, um die Straße von DemonstrantInnen zu „säubern“. Zur gleichen Zeit haben mehrere Jugendliche, die gerade in der Volksschule in der Koppstraße die Fenster eingeworfen hatten, sich bei der Klausgasse auf einem Hügel gesammelt. Und dann ist noch eine Gruppe DemonstrantInnen dazu gekommen, die zum Arbeiterheim gehen wollten.
Die Infanterie hat also an der Ecke Koppstraße/Klausgasse niemand durchgelassen, und die Leute haben erstmal mit Sprechchören dagegen protestiert. Dann hat ein Zivilpolizist einen Demonstranten festnehmen wollen, und jetzt haben die Jugendlichen von der Anhöhe aus begonnen, Steine auf die Polizei und die Soldaten zu werfen, während unten die DemonstrantInnen versucht haben, den Gefangenen wieder zu befreien, was ihnen schließlich auch gelungen ist.
Als aber die Steinwürfe weiter angedauert haben, hat der Offizier vor Ort mit Waffeneinsatz gedroht und damit die Leute erst recht provoziert. Sie waren kaum einen Meter von den Soldaten entfernt, als der Offizier das Kommando „Feuer!“ erteilt hat. Die Schüsse haben sich gegen die steinewerfenden Jugendlichen gerichtet, von denen zum Glück niemand getroffen worden ist.
Die Leute in der Straße waren jetzt erst recht aufgebracht und sind gegen die Infanterie gestürmt, sowohl von der Koppstraße als auch von der Klausgasse aus. Während eine weitere Einheit Infanterie durch die Koppstraße dazu gekommen ist, hat ein Offizier wiederum „Feuer!“ befohlen, und jetzt sind mehrere Leute auf der Straße zu Boden gegangen und der Rest ist geflüchtet.
Die Soldaten haben die DemonstrantInnen mit gefällten Bajonetten verfolgt, und vor dem Arbeiterheim ist Otto Brötzenberger gestanden, ein junger Arbeiter, der gerade aus dem Heim herausgekommen ist und nicht gewusst hat, was los ist. Sofort hat ihn ein Soldat mit dem Bajonett angegriffen und direkt in das Herz gestochen. Brötzenberger hat sich noch in das Arbeiterheim schleppen können, dort ist er dann gestorben.
Noch mehr Verletzte sind in das Arbeiterheim gebracht worden, der Arbeiter Hawral mit einem Brustdurchschuss, Franz Joachimsthaler mit einem Bauchschuss und die 15jährige Hilfsarbeiterin Marie Schmiedel, die von einer Kugel am Schenkel getroffen worden ist. Wie viele noch durch die Schießerei verletzt worden sind, wissen wir nicht, weil sich vermutlich einige in Wohnhäuser geflüchtet und gehütet haben, ins Spital zu gehen. Franz Joachimsthaler jedenfalls ist innerhalb weniger Tage an den Folgen seiner Verwundung gestorben.
Nach diesen Auseinandersetzungen haben die Polizei und das Militär den Zugang zum Arbeiterheim gesperrt und niemand mehr hinein- oder hinausgelassen. Damit haben sich die Zentren des Aufstands stadtauswärts verlagert, vor allem auf den Habsburgplatz, von dem wir schon gehört haben.
Aktuelles
Im Februar 1934 war das Arbeiterheim eines der Zentren des Widerstands. Hier haben Schutzbündler und andere revolutionär gesinnte ArbeiterInnen zwei Tage gegen Polizei, Heimwehr und Armee gekämpft, bis sie schließlich nach massivem Kanonenbeschuss besiegt worden sind. Anschließend ist das schwer beschädigte Haus von den Austrofaschisten niedergerissen worden.