the Wehrmacht-or defence force - Nazi Germany's army was from 1935 to 1945 of the Austrian capital Vienna has announced plans to establish who deserted Adolf Hitler's Army a monument to the soldiers, the German army.The City Council has yet to decide the exact, but activists want to be made it next to list in Heroes square (heldenplatz).
The place is also in the Hitler, born in Austria, crowds in 1938 treated as Austria after Germany annexed.
The BBC's Bethany Bell says that Austria is confronted by and by its Nazi past.
Austria's Parliament, soldiers of the Nazis agreed two years ago for moving from the Wehrmacht under penalty to rehabilitate.
The decision to erect a monument was by the Socialist and green parties which form Vienna city government coalition.
Vienna Green Party Chairman David Ellensohn said that the monument to other memorials to Wehrmacht deserters in some German cities could be modeled.
"Overdue"And campaigns Thomas Geldmacher told the BBC that the monument was long overdue.
"For a very long time have completely neglected deserters in Austrian society," he said.
"In many parts of the Austrian population are deserters as cowards, traitors, even comrade killer." "That could change somehow a crafts and especially the public debate to the construction of the monument."
Mr money maker said an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 Austrians from the Wehrmacht, deserted in the last days of second WELTKRIEGS.
Since the 1980's Austria has a number of steps, the recognition of the role played its citizens in Nazi atrocities.
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