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Emotive presentation of the film documentary “My Knees Were Jumping” in Vienna

28. March 2017

People at farewell

At the end of March, the filmmaker Melissa Hacker presented the 76 minute-long documentary film “My Knees Were Jumping. Remembering The Kindertransports” in Vienna for the very first time. The author Doron Rabinovici spoke with the director in the Votivkino movie theater.

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Expelled Jews visit Vienna City Hall

12. December 2016

A Group of Jewish citizens at a reception in the Vienna City Hall.

The Jewish Welcome Service Vienna hosted a group of first and second generation Jews from Vienna from 18 to 25 September. The group consisted of fifty people, including many children and grandchildren.

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City Councilor Mailath-Pokorny welcomes guests of the Jewish Welcome Service to Vienna City Hall

12. December 2016

Reception of a group by VIG CEO Peter Höfinger (center) in the Ringturm.

A total of 30 people from the USA, Canada, England, Israel, Argentina and Norway visited Vienna from November 6 to13 at the invitation of the Jewish Welcome Service. For the first time, the visitors were exclusively relatives of the second generation of Holocaust survivors.

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The Jewish Echo 2016 – Threats, enemy stereotypes, scapegoats

12. December 2016

Cover of the Jüdisches Echo journal

As Elias Canetti once said, many people experience fear when faced with the strange and unfamiliar.

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Exhibition: Last places before deportation

12. December 2016

View from the exhibition

Kleine Sperlgasse, Castellezgasse, Malzgasse

Sixty-six thousand Jews in Austria were murdered by the National Socialists. For most of these people, the journey to extermination began in the heart of Vienna, in the collection centers on Kleine Sperlgasse, Castellezgasse and Malzgasse. An exhibition organized by the Austrian Academy of Sciences in the crypt of the Holocaust Memorial casts light on these forgotten places of the Holocaust and the fates of the victims of the deportations.

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