Resumen de Todesstrage in Österreich (1876-1950)
Harald Seyrl follows the evolution of the capital punishment in Austria. 11 January 1868 marked the end of public executions under the Monarchy. In 1873 a decision was taken that all legal proceedings and executions will take place solely within the walls of the prison, using the English system of the gallows. 16 December 1876 the first execution took place. Seyrl offers a fairly detailed description of an execution. After the fall of the Monarchy, the death penalty was reintroduced between 1934 and 1938 and after 1945, but was just occasionally used. For almost 100 years the Vienna Regional Court was used for non-public executions. At present, the gallows are stored in the Criminal Museum in Castel Scharnstein
