Commemoration ceremony '60th anniversary of the liberation of Mauthausen' on 8 May 2005

 
in German:
Gedenkfeier '60 Jahre Befreiung Mauthausen' am 8. Mai 2005

Project

 

Description

The Federation of Social Democratic Freedom Fighters and Victims of Fascism, the Board of Trustees of the Austrian People’s Party - Comradeship of Political Persecutees and the Federal Alliance of Austrian Resistance Fighters traveled to Mauthausen to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the former concentration camp Mauthausen. In 2005 an particularly large-scale international commemoration ceremony took place. The working community wanted to send survivors from all Federal Provinces to these ceremonies.

in German:
Der Bund Sozialdemokratischer Freiheitskämpfer und Opfer des Faschismus, das Kuratorium der ÖVP-Kameradschaft der politisch Verfolgten und der Bundesverband Österreichischer Widerstandskämpfer und Opfer des Faschismus (KZ-Verband) werden anlässlich des 60. Jahrestages der Befreiung des ehemaligen KZ-Mauthausen nach Mauthausen fahren. Dieses Jahr findet eine besonders große internationale Gedenkfeier statt. Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft möchte aus allen Bundesländern zu diesen Feierlichkeiten Betroffene entsenden.

Applicant

Working Community of the Concentration Camp Associations and Resistance Fighters Austria

in German:
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der KZ-Verbände und Widerstandskämpfer Österreichs

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Location

Austria | show on map

Approved

25 May 2005

Category

Remembrance event

Type

Commemoration / remembrance

Funding

National Fund budget

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