▁Naz i ▁Germany ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁the ▁hotel ▁was ▁conf isc ated ▁by ▁the ▁Gest ap o ▁who ▁made ▁it ▁their ▁headquarters . ▁With ▁a ▁staff ▁of ▁ 9 0 0 ▁( 8 0 ▁per ▁cent ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁rec ru ited ▁from ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁police ), ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁Gest ap o ▁office ▁outside ▁of ▁Berlin . ▁Many ▁people , ▁especially ▁Jews , ▁were ▁inter rog ated ▁or ▁tort ured ▁there . ▁During ▁the ▁war ▁the ▁building ▁was ▁hit ▁by ▁a ▁bomb ▁and ▁burn ed ▁down ▁and ▁ultimately ▁the ▁ru ins ▁were ▁torn ▁down ▁to ▁eliminate ▁any ▁memory ▁of ▁the ▁building . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁a ▁mem orial ▁stone ▁was ▁ere cted ▁by ▁concentration ▁camp ▁surv iv ors , ▁which ▁was ▁then ▁replaced ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁with ▁a ▁bigger ▁monument ▁fin anced ▁by ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Vienna . ▁The ▁monument ▁consists ▁of ▁gran ite ▁blocks ▁from ▁the ▁quar ry ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁concentration ▁camp ▁at ▁M auth aus en ▁and ▁a ▁bronze ▁statue ▁symbol ising ▁a ▁surv iv or . ▁The ▁ins cription ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁association ▁of ▁the ▁surv iv ors ▁of ▁the ▁concentration ▁cam ps ▁Wilhelm ▁Ste iner ▁and ▁reads : ▁ ▁( G erman ) ▁" H ier ▁stand ▁das ▁Haus ▁der ▁Gest ap o . ▁Es ▁war ▁für ▁die ▁Bek en ner ▁Österreich s ▁die ▁H öl le . ▁Es ▁war ▁für ▁viele ▁von ▁ihnen ▁der ▁Vor hof ▁des ▁T odes