The Jewish Welcome Service Vienna hosted a group of Jews from Vienna from September 15 to 22 – among them three Holocaust survivors and second generation descendants. The 37 guests came from the USA, Israel, the UK, Australia, Argentina and Uruguay.
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Since 2014, the “Museum for the Child” has remembered the history of the Kindertransport to England. In April of this year, the exhibition was reopened at a new location in Urania, Vienna. From next May, the Museum Judenplatz will also present a show on the topic.
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In remembrance of the “Kindertransports” that took place to save Jewish children 80 years ago, the Jewish Welcome Service, together with the Kindertransport Association New York and other organizations, arranged a commemorative trip from Vienna to London at the start of July. Taking part in the trip were four of the “children” from 1938/39 as well as 13 descendants of refugees.
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A group of young professionals from the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre Toronto visited Vienna once again this year from June 17 to 24 at the invitation of the Jewish Welcome Service. In cooperation with the Austrian Service Abroad, the JWS prepared a varied program in which visitors learned about the Holocaust and current Jewish life in the city.
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This year’s Leon Zelman Prize for Dialog and Understanding went to Shoshana Duizend-Jensen, who works as a historian at the Municipal and Provincial Archives of Vienna. City councilwoman Veronica Kaup-Hasler handed over the award to the scientist on June 12 at Vienna City Hall.
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From May 5 to 12, the Jewish Welcome Service Vienna hosted a group of second generation Jews from Vienna. Among other activities, the group of 35 people also took part in the celebrations for the “Fest der Freude” (Festival of Joy) at Heldenplatz.
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