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.
Vienna (PK) - The dialogue project “LIKRAT – Let’s talk!” was announced as the winner of the Main Prize of the Simon Wiesenthal Prize 2023 in Parliament this evening. National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka and jury chair Katharina von Schnurbein presented the Main Prize of 15,000 euros to …
From 19 to 22 October 2023, the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism and the OeAD (Agency for Education and Internationalisation) programme ERINNERN:AT, in partnership with the Vienna Teacher Training College, organised their first study trip to the …
The destruction of the Jewish cemeteries was part of the Nazi campaign to completely eradicate Jewish life in Austria. As “houses of eternity”, Jewish cemeteries are not only places of burial, as they were originally intended to be; they are also important sites of cultural heritage that preserve …