Award Ceremony for the Simon Wiesenthal Prize 2023

Date and Time: 12 March 2024 6 pm CET

Location: Austrian Parliament, Dr.-Karl-Renner-Ring 3, 1017 Vienna, National Council Chamber

Content

In its third year, numerous grassroots initiatives and projects once again entered the running for the Simon Wiesenthal Prize,  which is endowed with 30,000 euros. The prize is dedicated to the memory of the architect, publicist and writer Simon Wiesenthal (1908-2005) and is awarded in the categories “Civic engagement to combat antisemitism” and “Civic engagement to educate the public about the Holocaust”. The National Fund of the Republic of Austria received around 200 applications from 30 countries worldwide, from Europe, North, Central and South America, the Middle East, South Africa and Australia among others. The projects and initiatives submitted are beacons of hope from around the world, leading the way in the fight against antisemitism and efforts to educate the public about the Holocaust.

Program

Opening remarks

Wolfgang Sobotka
President of the National Council and Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism

Statement of the Wiesenthal family

Racheli Kreisberg
Granddaughter of Simon Wiesenthal & Founder of the SWIGGI commemoration initiative

Presentation of the Simon Wiesenthal Prize 2023

Prize for Civic Engagement to Educate the Public about the Holocaust

Prize for Civic Engagement to Combat Antisemitism

Main Prize for Civic Engagement to Combat Antisemitism and Educate the Public about the Holocaust

Panel discussion

Dalia Grinfeld
Associate Director Europe, Anti-Defamation League

Andreas Kranebitter
Director, Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance

Ahmad Mansour
German-Arab-Israeli psychologist & author

Katharina von Schnurbein
Antisemitism Officer of the European Commission & Chairperson of the Simon Wiesenthal Prize Jury

Special tribute to the contemporary eyewitnesses

Reception

Presenter

Lisa Gadenstätter
Journalist, ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation)

Music

Roman Grinberg Klezmer Swing Quartet