This year’s Leon Zelman Prize was awarded to the Austrian Union of Jewish Students (JöH). Vienna’s City Councilor for Culture Veronica Kaup-Hasler presented the award to JöH President Alon Ishay mid-September in the City Senate Chamber of City Hall. Read more

At the invitation of the Jewish Welcome Service, a group of 40 “Second Generation” Jews visited Vienna in mid-October. The program for the guests from Australia, Argentina, Spain, the USA, Canada, England, and Israel included visits to memorials, receptions at the Federal Chancellery and Vienna City Hall, as well as a visit to the National Library. Read more

To mark the opening of the special exhibition “Documents of Injustice. The Case of Freud” at the Sigmund Freud Museum, around 20 descendants of the family traveled to Vienna from the United States, Israel, and Denmark at the end of October. The costs of travel and accommodation for the family members were supported by the Jewish Welcome Service. Read more

The “Stones of Remembrance” association is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Over the past two decades, the Jewish Welcome Service has repeatedly supported relatives on trips to Vienna so that they could attend the opening of memorial stones for their relatives. Most recently, members of the Rezek and Röder families were supported. Read more

In November, Hedi Argent visited Vienna once again to present the German edition of her book about her escape from the Nazis. She arrived accompanied by her daughter Katie and her son-in-law. Read more

At the beginning of October, the German translation of Lili Körber’s exile novel “Farewell to Yesterday” was presented at the Literaturhaus Vienna. The author’s grandnieces, whose travel expenses were covered by the Jewish Welcome Service, were also present. Read more