2007

End of Deadline for In Rem Applications

The deadline concerning applications for restitution with the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution ended on 31 December 2007! Real estate as well as movable property of Jewish communal organizations, which have been seized between 1938 and 1945 and were publicly owned on 17 January 2001, could …

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“Into the Arms of Strangers”: Remembering the First Kindertransport from Vienna on 10 December 1938

The documentary film “Into the Arms of Strangers” will be shown on the top-floor hall of the Urania on 11 and 12 December 2007. The event, which is sponsored by the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, remembers the so-called “kindertransports” in the years …

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Book Presentation “Persecuted Childhood – Children and Young People as Victims of Nazi Social Administration”

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 …

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Painting Restituted Following Publication in the Art Database of the National Fund

The publication of heirless artworks with questionable provenance in the online art database of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria has led to the restitution of the painting by Adriaen Ostade, “Bauernbesuch/In der Bauernstube" to the heirs of the original owner.

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Award for Hannah Lessing’s Work Building Bridges to Holocaust Survivors

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.

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English Version of the Art Database of the National Fund for Victims of National Socialism is Online

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 …

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Amendment of the General Settlement Fund Law: Deadline Extension for Applications for In Rem Restitution

The deadline for applications for in rem restitution has been extended to 31 December 2007! The according amendment (Federal Law Gazette No. 20/2007) came into effect on 25 April 2007. Until the end of 2007, real estate as well as movable property of Jewish communal organizations, which have been …

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Website: English Version

Since 30 January 2007, the website of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria and of the General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism has been available in two languages. The German version of the newly designed website went online under www.nationalfonds.org on 10 November 2006. …

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