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Shoah Wall of Names Memorial in Vienna

26. August 2020

Kurt Yakov Tutter

In June, work began on the construction of the Shoah Wall of Names Memorial in Ostarrichi Park in front of the Austrian National Bank. The project was initiated by Kurt Yakov Tutter and the Association for the Construction of a Shoah Wall of Names Memorial.
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Park named after Elisabeth Ben David-Hindler

26. August 2020

Elisabeth Ben David-Hindler, founder of "Steine der Erinnerung", ("Stones of Remembrance")

The park at Elderschplatz in Vienna’s 2nd district is now called “Elisabeth-Ben David-Hindler-Park”. This is in memory of the founder of the association “Steine der Erinnerung”, (“Stones of Remembrance”), whose activities commemorate Viennese Jews who were murdered in the Shoah.
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Letter from the Mayor of Vienna and the City Councilor for Cultural Affairs

15. June 2020

Mayot and Governor Dr. Michael Ludwig

The president of the Jewish Welcome Service, Vienna’s mayor, Dr. Michael Ludwig, and the vice-president, Vienna’s City Councilor for Cultural Affairs, Veronica Kaup-Hasler, have written a letter to the guests of the JWS at this difficult time. Many of you have already spent many months preparing for an emotionally taxing visit to Vienna. Unfortunately, this will only be possible at some point in the near future.
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Book tip: Ruth Rotkowitz “Escaping the Whale”

15. June 2020

v.r.n.l.: Ruth Rotkowitz mit Anita Baron, Helen Locke und Rebecca Grossbard bei ihrem Wien-Besuch. © Jewish Welcome Service

Ruth Rotkowitz was in Vienna with her sister and cousins in the fall of 2019. She has now described the feelings and problems of the second generation in a novel. “Escaping the Whale: The Holocaust is over. But is it ever over for the next generation?”Read more

Leon Zelman Prize for Dialog and Understanding 2020 goes to the journalist Olga Kronsteiner

20. May 2020

Leon Zelman Prize

The Leon Zelman Prize has been awarded since 2013 to people or initiatives that are actively committed to the memory of the Shoah and the dialog between today’s Austria and the victims of National Socialist persecution and their descendants.
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Memorial stone for the Bibring family unveiled

8. December 2019

Gedenkstein zur Erinnerung an das Schicksal der Familie Bibring

At the beginning of December, a memorial stone was unveiled on Mariahilfer Straße in memory of the fate of the Bibring family: the parents were deported and murdered by the Nazis, the children escaped on a Kindertransport. Harry Bibring was in Vienna at the invitation of the JWS several times over the years.
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