2013

Board of Trustees approves sub-project I for the Jewish cemetery Hohenems

The Board of Trustees of the Fund approves the project of the Jewish cemetery Hohenems (sub-project I) that was recommended for decision by the Advisory Board.

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Advisory Board recommends application for the preservation of the Jewish cemetery in Hohenems

The application of the Society for the Preservation of the Jewish cemetery in Hohenems for the preservation of the Jewish cemetery in Hohenems (sub-project I) is duly submitted and unanimously recommended for submission to the Board of Trustees for approval by the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board …

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Austrian National Exhibition at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum to be Closed

On 22 October, the Austrian national exhibition at the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland) will be closed until further notice. During its closure the exhibition building, the former Block 17 – which used to house camp inmates and is subject to monument protection – will be subjected to …

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Announcement concerning the deposit of documents with the Secretary General, ensuring the anonymity of the beneficiaries

After ten years, the Claims Committee of the General Settlement Fund ('the Fund') has almost completed its task. Following the amendment to the law on the Fund (Federal Law Gazette I no. 9/2013) the Claims Committee is now in the position to bring its functions to an end and to fulfill its legal …

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Board of Trustees approves sub project for the cemeteries Deutschkreutz and Stockerau

The Board of Trustees of the Fund approves the projects of the cemeteries Deutschkreutz and Stockerau recommended for decision by the Advisory Board. The Board of Trustees of the Fund approves an additional deadline for submissions, 1 September 2013.

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Secretary General Hannah Lessing receives the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and the Arts

Next Monday, 03.06.2013, Hannah Lessing, Secretary General of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria, the General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism and the Fund for the Restoration of the Jewish cemeteries in Austria will be awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and …

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Austrian National Fund presents a series of books containing the life stories of the Victims of National Socialism

On 7 March 2013, the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism will present the second volume of the series "Lives Remembered. Life Stories of Victims of National Socialism" with a reading of autobiographical texts followed by a discussion with contemporary …

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Deutschkreutz sub-project II and Stockerau sub-project II are accepted by the Advisory Board

Both applications of the Jewish Community Vienna dated 15 January 2013, Deutschkreutz sub-project II and Stockerau sub-project II are unanimously accepted by the Advisory Board and submitted to the Board of Trustees for decision. The Board of Trustees is recommended to resolve an additional deadline …

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The National Fund publishes the "Findbuch for Victims of National Socialism"

Within the scope of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January – the day of the liberation of the concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz – the National Fund of the Republic of Austria presents the Findbuch for Victims of National Socialism (www.findbuch.at). This new online …

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