80 years ago, on the night of the second to third of August 1944, over 4,000 Roma and Sinti were murdered in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. It was a sad low point in the Nazi persecution, to which a total of 500,000 Roma and Sinti fell victim. In accordance with a decision by the European …
Eva was born in Vienna on 2 November 1925, to Jakob and Rosa Rosenfeld. She grew up in Neusiedl am See in Burgenland and attended a Roman Catholic convent school there before moving to a Jewish boarding school in Vienna. Following the “Anschluss” of Austria to the German Reich in March 1938, Eva …
Hermine Liska, née Obweger, was born in Carinthia on 12 April 1930, the youngest of five children. Until 1938, she and her four brothers enjoyed a carefree childhood growing up on their parents’ farm. The family were Jehovah's Witnesses and soon after the “Anschluss” of Austria they came under …
The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism invites individuals and groups from civil society to submit an entry for the 2024 edition of the Simon Wiesenthal Prize. The original entry period expired at the end of June and has now been extended to 31 July 2024.
Entries can still be submitted for the 2024 edition of the Simon Wiesenthal Prize until 31 July 2024. The Prize is endowed with 30,000 euros and rewards civic engagement to combat antisemitism and educate people about the Holocaust.
In the presence of numerous representatives from the fields of politics, media and culture, the freshly-renovated New Jewish Cemetery in St. Pölten was ceremoniously released to the City of St. Pölten today, which will now be responsible for its long-term upkeep.
The “new” Jewish cemetery in St. Pölten was founded in 1906 as a burial site for the local Jewish community. Like many of the Jewish cemeteries in the region, this cemetery also reflects the rich history and culture of the local Jewish community. Around 340 people are buried there; 188 gravestones …
In October 2024, the National Fund will once again offer a study trip to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial for teachers with the OeAD-Programm ERINNERN:AT and in cooperation with the Vienna University of Teacher Education. During the four-day study trip, teachers will get to know the memorial and the …
It was with great sadness that we received the news that Käthe Sasso, resistance fighter and contemporary eyewitness, has passed away at the age of 98.
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