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bronze monument dedicated to Leopold Polzl
Momentbronze monument dedicated to Leopold Polzl. The monument features a raised portrait of Polzl wearing glasses, along with inscribed text. The text indicates that Polzl was born on November 14, 1879, in St. Ägyd, Lower Austria, and died on September 19, 1944, in Aussig. The text also states that he was the first mayor of Aussig from 1920 to 1924 and from 1931 to 1938. Further, it notes he was a member of the board of the German Social Democratic Workers' Party in the Czechoslovak Republic until 1938, after which he was persecuted by the National Socialists. The monument also states that he "made himself deserving of Aussig and its citizens" and that the monument is dedicated by the "Seliger-Gemeinde der Gesinnungsgemeinschaft Sudetendeutscher Sozialdemokraten und seinen Aussiger Freunden." The monument stands outdoors in a park-like setting with trees and grass visible in the background. Although the monument location is specified in "Aussig", the location of the image capture is not specified as Munich, Germany.
