30 Jahre Nationalfonds

The booklet was published on 10 November 2025, on the occasion of the ceremony marking 30 years of the National Fund in Austrian Parliament.

Content

Forewords

• Alexander Van der Bellen, Federal President of the Republic of Austria
• Peter Haubner, Second President of the National Council and Chairman of the Board of Trustees
• Hannah M. Lessing, Managing Director
• Judith Pfeffer, Managing Director

Introduction

• Vom Vergessen zum Erinnern Hannah Lessing

Statements from former Chairpersons of the National Fund’s Board of Trustees

• Heinz Fischer
• Andreas Khol
• Barbara Prammer
• Doris Bures
• Wolfgang Sobotka

The Evolving Tasks of the National Fund

• Victim Recognition and “Gesture” Payments
• Recording and Preserving 40,000 Life Stories
• 30 Years of the National Fund – Responsibility Towards the Victims – Responsibility for the Future Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff
• The National Fund without Contemporary Witnesses? Susanne Janistyn-Novák
• Documenting Life Stories
• The Significance and Impact of Autobiographical Testimonies by Victims of National Socialism Renate S. Meissner
• Project Funding
• The Expanded Committee – A Comparatively New Perspective on Project Funding by the National Fund Brigitte Bailer, Otto Hochreiter, Gerald Lamprecht und Ljiljana Radonić
• The 2001 Washington Agreement
• The Restoration of Jewish Cemeteries
• On the 30th Anniversary of the National Fund Jaron Engelmayer
• The Austrian Exhibition at Auschwitz-Birkenau
• Thirty Years of Serving Austria’s Conscience Piotr M. A. Cywiński
• Fostering and Sharing Knowledge about National Socialism
• Historical and Genealogical Research
• Compensation of Seized Assets and In Rem Restitution
• The Shoah Wall of Names Memorial
• A Place of Quiet Contemplation Kurt Yakov Tutter
• The Simon Wiesenthal Prize
• The Simon Wiesenthal Prize: Strengthening Civil Society at the Heart of Democracy Katharina von Schnurbein
• The Future of Remembrance: New Tasks for the National Fund

Outlook

• Carrying Responsibility into the Future Judith Pfeffer

Annex

• Timeline: 30 Years of the National Fund
• Figures, Data, Facts
• Online Databases
• Bodies and Committees
• The National Fund Team
• Image credits
• Imprint