Representatives of federal and provincial politics as well as of the National Fund and the Jewish Community of Vienna met today, Monday, on the grounds of Vienna's Ostarrichi Park in front of the Austrian National Bank to mark the start of construction of the Shoah Memorial Wall. Among them were …
On 14 June 1940, the first transport carrying Polish prisoners reached Auschwitz concentration camp, which was under construction at that time. The International Auschwitz Committee (IAK), an association of Auschwitz survivors, extended an invitation to a memorial service in Berlin on the 80th …
On 21 April 2020, numerous objects dating back to the time of the camp were found in Block 17 of the former Main Camp at Auschwitz, where the new Austrian exhibition will be displayed.
The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism is seeking to hire a general contractor to realize the interior design concept for the future Austrian exhibition in Block 17 on the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial. The two-stage call to tender for this role is …
Richard Wadani, deserter from the German Wehrmacht, honorary chairman and long-standing spokesperson of the committee “Justice for the Victims of Nazi Court Martial”, passed away in Vienna on the night of 19 April 2020.
Due to the government measures to contain the spread of the corona virus, the National Fund is closed to the public until further notice. You can find current information on the official measures at www.sozialministerium.at/coronavirus. From tomorrow, Tuesday, 17 March 2020, we will be available …
FOGIS stands for Fonds-Geo-Information-System (Fund geo-information system) and is the new geo-information portal of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism. It can be accessed online at https://maps.nationalfonds.org.