Tag: Austria
Yad Vashem lauds Austria for combating antisemitism
Austria has emerged as a leader in the fight against antisemitism, and has become one of Israel’s biggest supporters in the European Union, the head of Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial said on Tuesday.
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Conversion of Hitler’s first home to police station gets underway
Work began on Monday to transform Adolf Hitler's childhood home in Austria into a police station, with laborers putting up fencing and taking measurements, according to the Associated Press.
Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in...
Austria records nearly 1,000 anti-Semitic incidents in 2021
The Jewish community of Vienna documented a record 965 anti-Semitic incidents in Austria in 2021, according to a new report.
The statistic represents the highest number of incidents since the local community began compiling such data...
At Mauthausen, Austrian chancellor assures Lapid of fight against Jew-hatred
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer visited the site of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria on Thursday to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Lapid spoke in the presence of Austrian...
On 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht, Austria dedicates new memorial to murdered Jews
On the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht and in a clear gesture that it is finally taking public responsibility for its past, the government of Austria unveiled the Shoah Wall of Names Memorial, its first...
‘I understand Israeli skepticism over a nuclear agreement with Iran’
Alexander Schallenberg never imagined himself becoming chancellor of Austria. A lawyer by training, he was born in Switzerland to an aristocratic family and raised in India, Spain and France, where his father served as...
Is Eric Zemmour the new Bruno Kreisky?
Could a politician who positively identifies as Jewish and expresses pro-Israel sympathies ever be elected as head of state in a European country?
The question is still a hypothetical one. In spite of the large...
Vienna communal report: Anti-Semitic incidents in Austria hit record in 2020
The number of anti-Semitic incidents in Austria last year reached the highest level since the Jewish community began its official records 19 years ago, according to a report published on Monday and cited by Reuters.
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Israeli, Austrian presidents attend Holocaust remembrance ceremony in Vienna
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen participated in a Holocaust-remembrance ceremony in Vienna on Wednesday.
The ceremony, held at the city’s monument to Holocaust victims in Judenplatz, was attended by...
Austrian and Danish leaders meet in Jerusalem to discuss joint vaccine development
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a summit meeting in Jerusalem on Thursday with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to discuss establishing a joint fund for the research, development...