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Below you will find the press releases of the National Fund in chronological order, which you can subscribe to as RSS. All press releases of the National Fund since 2004 can be found in our press release archive. Here you will find high-resolution press photos. Our media information provides an up-to-date overview of the tasks and activities of the National Fund as well as facts and figures.
A school exchange programme to encourage intercultural learning and raise awareness of Jewish life and antisemitism took place between Austria and Israel for the first time last week.
Digital spaces open up new avenues for teaching history – yet they also carry the risk of being used to distort historical facts. On Friday, 19 June 2026, the Second President of the National Council, Peter Haubner, and the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism …
A significant milestone has been reached in the planning for the memorial to the Roma and Sinti victims of National Socialism: the location has been decided. The memorial will be erected in Weghuberpark, in front of the Ministry of Justice in Vienna’s 7th District.
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 …
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 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.
On 2 August 2025, the National Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma will commemorate the horrific crimes committed against Roma and Sinti during the Second World War.
The Peršmanhof in Bad Eisenkappel is an important place of remembrance of the crimes perpetrated by thee Nazi regime, in particular of the massacre of eleven members of a Carinthian-Slovene family who were brutally murdered there in April 1945.
Thirty years ago today, the Law on the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism was promulgated, having entered into effect on 27 April 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence from Nazi Germany and, with it, the restoration of the …
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