Eva was born in Vienna on 2 November 1925, to Jakob and Rosa Rosenfeld. She grew up in Neusiedl am See in Burgenland and attended a Roman Catholic convent school there before moving to a Jewish boarding school in Vienna. Following the “Anschluss” of Austria to the German Reich in March 1938, Eva …
Hermine Liska, née Obweger, was born in Carinthia on 12 April 1930, the youngest of five children. Until 1938, she and her four brothers enjoyed a carefree childhood growing up on their parents’ farm. The family were Jehovah's Witnesses and soon after the “Anschluss” of Austria they came under …
The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism invites individuals and groups from civil society to submit an entry for the 2024 edition of the Simon Wiesenthal Prize. The original entry period expired at the end of June and has now been extended to 31 July 2024.
Entries can still be submitted for the 2024 edition of the Simon Wiesenthal Prize until 31 July 2024. The Prize is endowed with 30,000 euros and rewards civic engagement to combat antisemitism and educate people about the Holocaust.