The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism has published a “Visitors’ guide to the Jewish cemeteries in Austria”. The publication, which is available in German and English, was produced jointly with the Jewish religious communities and grassroots initiatives and …
On 29 June 2021, the Main Committee of the National Council unanimously acknowledged the Final Report of the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution, whereby the Arbitration Panel, which was established in 2001 at the General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism, was dissolved. In the …
The 8 April is International Roma Day, a significant day when it comes to raising awareness about the perceptions of people for whom the – often negatively connoted – term “gypsy” is still all too common in everyday language. Fifty years ago, on 8 April 1971, the first World Roma Congress was held …
The preparations for the new Austrian exhibition at the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau are progressing well despite the difficult circumstances caused by Covid-19.
At the end of 2020, the restoration work on the Jewish cemetery in Klosterneuburg reached completion: On 2 December, the work was approved in the presence of representatives from the Jewish Community Vienna, the Federal Office for the Protection of Monuments, the Fund for the Restoration of the …
Helga Pollak-Kinsky passed away on 14 November. “I was lucky, I survived. It was pure chance.” These are the words Helga Pollak-Kinsky once used to sum up her fate, which saw her return from Theresienstadt and Auschwitz.
The National Fund is pleased to announce that, following the completion of two tender procedures for construction and media technology for the new Austrian exhibition at Auschwitz, the best bidders in each procedure have been awarded a contract.
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