On 6 December 2012, the Austrian parliament unanimously resolved the deadlines for the deposit of monetary compensation for victims of National Socialism which has been awarded but could not yet be disbursed. As a result, by the end of 2018 the work of the General Settlement Fund shall be completed …
On 14 December 2011, the central Holocaust memorial site Yad Vashem in Jerusalem held a ceremony honoring the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism in recognition of its many years of support.
In a ceremony held on 30th September 2010, the Medical University of Vienna restituted 39 books previously belonging to the former Professor of Pathology Carl Julius Rothberger to his daughter Bertha Gutmann. It is the first restitution and a reflection of the provenance research commenced in 2007 …
On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, the Embassy of Austria in Washington, DC, hosted a commemorative event on Thursday, May 13, 2010. In addition to representatives from victims' organizations and the State …
In accordance with the recommendation of the Viennese Restitution Commission, the decision was made to restitute the painting "The Love Letter" by Johann Nepomuck Schödlberger to the heirs of the owners from whom it was unlawfully seized, Ignaz and Clothilde Schachter. The spouses managed to flee …
On the seventieth anniversary of the 'Anschluss' Austria's, the National Fund will remember the years of Nazi rule from the perspective of those persecuted. Beginning in March 2008, a series of autobiographical texts, composed by survivors of National Socialist persecution will be published on the …
The publication “Persecuted Childhood”, which was co-funded by the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, will be presented to the public on Friday 7 December 2007 in the MP’s reception room at the Parliament. The President of the National Council and Chairperson …
Hannah M. Lessing, Secretary General of the National Fund for Victims of National Socialism and of the General Settlement Fund will be awarded the “Shofar of Freedom Award” on 22 September 2007 in honor of her work for survivors of Nazi persecution.
Since 3 July 2007 the art database of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism has also been available in English. At www.artrestitution.at the art database provides information in English on art and cultural objects that have remained “heirless”, and which were …
Today, 17 October 2006, the art database of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism went online. The database takes the form of a digital gallery at the address www.kunstrestitution.at and provides information on art and cultural objects that were likely to …
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