Austria
A Holocaust Art Exhibit Was Vandalized, Again And Again. But Vienna Is Fighting Back.
On May 26, a public art installation in Vienna featuring portraits of Holocaust survivors was slashed with a knife. It wasn’t the first attack.
Austrian Memory Of The Holocaust Is Fading — And Fear Of A Repeat Remains
Austrians could identify Eichmann…but not the fact that he was Austrian.
Politician From Hitler’s Hometown Resigns Over Poem Comparing Migrants To Rats
The poem’s rat narrator tells migrants to integrate or “quickly hurry away,” adding, “if you mix two cultures…it’s as if you destroy them.”
GOP Rep. Met With Nazi-Linked Group On Trip Funded By Holocaust Memorial Org
He also criticized George Soros while lamenting that white Europeans will be replaced by immigrants.
Holocaust Survivors, Austrian Far-Right Party Clash Over Memorial Service
The Freedom Party, which was founded by former Nazis, is protesting being barred from a ceremony commemorating the liberation of a concentration camp.
Movie News: Silent Film About Anti-Semitism Reemerges, Harvey Weinstein Gets Dumped
Talya Zax wrote on ““Die Stadt Ohne Juden,” or “The City Without Jews,” a 1924 Austrian silent film that was rediscovered in a flea market.
Should Israeli Politicians Be Meeting With The European Far Right?
Several Israeli officials have held meetings with far-right officials from Austria and other European countries. Should they be doing so?
Austrian Jewish Students Call Government ‘Not Kosher’ Over Far-Right Alliance
The students unfurled a banner reading “Your government is not kosher!” because the governing coalition includes a party founded by former Nazis.
Anti-Semitic Songbook Tied To Austrian Far Right Leaders
An Austrian student fraternity has a songbook containing anti-Semitic lyrics making fun of the Holocaust and insulting Jews
Man Arrested For Shouting ‘Heil Hitler’ At Concentration Camp Visitors
The chief rabbi of Vienna had taken his grandson to a memorial at the camp, to where the rabbi’s father had been deported during the Holocaust.
