The Austrian Press and Information Service together with the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism is presenting the exhibition “From Repression to Remembrance” in English and German at the Austrian Embassy in Washington D.C.
The November pogroms, “Kristallnacht” or “Reichskristallnacht” were the riots against Jews and Jewish property in the German Reich on the night of November 9-10, 1938. These were presented as a “spontaneous” reaction of the population to the assassination attempt by the 17-year-old Jew Herschel …
The National Fund, in cooperation with the Institute for Jewish History in Austria (Injoest), has invited teachers from local schools to explore Jewish history as part of the history of their city, starting with the newly renovated Jewish Cemetery (Karlstettner Straße 3, St. Pölten) and the art …