Today, 12 March, marks the anniversary of the day on which German troops marched into Austria in 1938. The “Anschluss” of Austria to the German Reich signalled the onset of unprecedented persecution of the many people deemed by the Nazis to be their “ideological opponents”.
In September 2026, the National Fund will once again offer a study trip to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial for teachers with the OeAD-Programm ERINNERN:AT and in cooperation with the Vienna University of Teacher Education. During the four-day study trip, teachers will get to know the memorial and …
Yesterday, at the invitation of the Second President of the National Council, Peter Haubner, a special event took place in Parliament: the Café Centropa – Jewish Senior Citizens' Club, a long-standing meeting place for Holocaust survivors, came together for a get-together at the Austrian seat of …
On Friday, 27 February 2026, a workshop was held in Parliament to prepare for the creative competition for the planned memorial to the victims of National Socialism from the Roma and Sinti communities.
On 19 February 2026, Elfriede Hendell, née Strauber, passed away in New York at the age of 93. Her life story is exemplary of the fate of many Austrian Jews who were expelled after 1938 and of a generation-spanning rapprochement with Austria.
The Austrian Parliament's 2019 decision in to enable descendants of victims of National Socialism to regain Austrian citizenship was a landmark development. Since then, over 40,000 people have placed their trust in Austria and reclaimed part of their identity, thanks in no small part to the …
On 22 January 2026, the project “Lives Remembered Out Loud” will be launched to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In partnership with the National Fund, the Jewish Museum Vienna will be transformed into a place for active reflection and listening. At the heart of the event will be the …
On 5 December 2025, Erich Kussbach, retired ambassador and long-standing member of the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution, was presented with the Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Province of Vienna in the Coat of Arms Hall of Vienna City Hall.
Thirty years ago, on 27 April 1995, on the 50th anniversary of the reestablishment of the Austrian Republic, the Federal Law on the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism came into force. At a ceremony in Parliament, the place where the National Fund was founded, …
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