At the start of November, a group of 30 Jews visited Vienna as part of the JWS invitation program for Jews expelled from their homeland. The guests, hailing from the US, Canada, and Israel, not only undertook some extensive family research, but were also received by party chairman Josef Taucher at City Hall and at the Federal Chancellery.
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In September, right-wing extremism expert Andreas Peham was honored with this year’s Leon Zelman Prize. With this, the jury acknowledged the “extensive activity” that Peham has been undertaking for almost three decades in research, education, and mediation at the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (DÖW).
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In the night of October 7, Lore Segal died at the age of 96 in New York. Having grown up as Lore Groszmann in Vienna’s 8th district, she was able to flee to England with the Kindertransport rescue effort. Until the end of January 2025, an exhibition at Vienna’s District Museum Josefstadt (8th district) commemorates the renowned author and literary scholar.
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The “Vienna Trips” program has enjoyed continued popularity for three years now. On these trips, the Jewish Welcome Service invites descendants of Holocaust survivors aged between 18 and 35 to explore Vienna as they track down their ancestors. In August and September, several young adults visited the city once more.
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In August, Daniel Stern, accompanied by his wife Ruth, traveled from Israel to place “Stones of Remembrance” at Schlachthausgasse 16 in Vienna’s 3rd district as a way of commemorating the terrible fate of his ancestors. Their trip was supported by the Jewish Welcome Service.
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In October, the walking “Tour to places of Jewish life in Margareten”, which was first carried out in 2020, was resumed. Historian and Zelman award winner Gabriele Anderl led participants through Vienna’s 5th district on the trail of (vanished) Jewish life.
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