“Exile in New Zealand”, the latest addition to the National Fund’s bilingual book series, Erinnerungen / Lives Remembered, will be presented to the public for the first time at the 2022 edition of Vienna’s annual book fair, “Buch Wien”.
2021 marked the 20th anniversary of both the Washington Agreement – concluded between the Austrian Federal Government and the Government of the United States of America to settle questions of compensation and restitution for victims of National Socialism – and the establishment of the General …
This year, the Austrian national holiday on 26th October will provide a renewed opportunity to visit the Parliament in the Hofburg before it reopens the doors to its location on the Ring in January 2023, following years of extensive renovations. After a two-year break due to the pandemic, the …
On 12 July 2022, following the completion of seven years of renovation work, the Jewish cemetery in Graz was handed over to the local authority for continued upkeep. Between 2014 and 2022 the cemetery was comprehensively renovated with funds from the Fund for the Restitution of the Jewish Cemeteries …
The Vienna Library at the City Hall recently came into possession of a collection of documents that tell an extraordinary story. They will be on display from tomorrow in the exhibition “The Wedding of Auschwitz”.
Following extensive restoration work, the Jewish cemetery in Baden near Vienna was officially handed over to the local authority, which will be responsible for its further upkeep. The ceremony was attended by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Fund for the Restoration of Jewish Cemeteries …
For many years, the fact that the Nazis also persecuted people due to their sexual orientation was brushed under the carpet. Although homosexuality was also illegal prior to 1938 (Sec.129 Ib of the Austrian Penal Code had criminalised homosexual acts by both men and women, or “unnatural …
Vienna (PC) - The four contemporary witnesses Lily Ebert, Zwi Nigal, Karl Pfeifer and Liliana Segre were awarded the Simon Wiesenthal Prize for their engagement against antisemitism and for education about the Holocaust. Secondary prizes went to the Central Austrian Investigative Office for Post-War …
Next Wednesday, 4 May 2022, the President of the National Council, Wolfgang Sobotka, invites you to the presentation of the shortlist for the Simon Wiesenthal Prize in Parliament. The prize is awarded for the first time this year in memory of the architect, publicist and writer Simon Wiesenthal and …