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Hannah Lessing, Secretary General of the National Fund and Franz Josef, Austrian ambassador in Israel, Kuglitsch laid a wreath in the Hall of Remembrance (c) Yad Vashem

The National Fund of the Republic of Austria is honored by Yad Vashem

On 14 December 2011, the central Holocaust memorial site Yad Vashem in Jerusalem held a ceremony honoring the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism in recognition of its many years of support. more...


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Francis Wahle at the festive event In the Aula on the campus of the University of Vienna (c) Michael Rausch-Schott

Recollecting Karl Wahle

On 11th October 2011, an event featuring the contemporary witness Francis Wahle was held to mark the 10th anniversary of the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution and the presentation of volume 4 of its decisions. The following is a summary of the speeches. more...

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Heinz Mayer, Josef Aicher, Hannah Lessing, Francis Wahle and Franz-Stefan Meissel (from left to right) at the festive event in the Aula on the campus of the University of Vienna (c) Michael Rausch-Schott

From the Restitution Commissions to the Arbitration Panel

Recollecting Karl Wahle  Festive Event featuring a Discussion with a Contemporary Witness marking the tenth anniversary of the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution and the publication of volume 4 of its decisions more...

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Some of the few remaining gravestones of the Jewish cemetery in Deutschkreutz, Burgenland (c) Hannah M. Lessing

The Fund for the Restoration of the Jewish Cemeteries in Austria Resolves the Funding of the First Projects

Jewish Cemeteries in Deutschkreutz and Stockerau are to be restored On 20 June 2011, the first funding for urgently needed restoration work on two run-down Jewish cemeteries was resolved in Parliament by the newly-established "Fund for the Restoration of the Jewish Cemeteries in Austria". more...

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