holocaust in austria

A man takes a picture at the Shoah Name Wall Memorial in Vienna, Austria on November 9, 2021. (Hherbert Neubauer/APA/AFP via Getty Images)

On Kristallnacht anniversary, Austrian government unveils memorial wall with 64,440 names

The 160 granite slabs built with funding from the state are “a visible sign of its responsibility,” a cabinet minister said.

The Palais Ephrussi, seized by Nazis during WWII, is seen in Vienna, Nov. 7, 2019. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)

Vienna threatens libel suit against Rothschild scion who said city extends Nazi theft

It was the latest in a legal fight to extract from the municipality a foundation that was dissolved under the Nazis and brought back under the city’s control.

A Vienna high school acknowledges its own harsh truth about the Holocaust

As Austria comes late to wrestling with its past, a teacher takes the initiative in remembering the expulsion of 50 Jewish students.

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While in jail, an Austrian historian wrote a book that slams his country’s Holocaust restitution system

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Rise of far-right party raises fears that Austria hasn’t learned from its Holocaust past

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Austria accepted its Holocaust guilt. So why is its far right on the rise?

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Austrian chancellor celebrates resistance to Nazism by national railway firm

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Austria’s rising far right seen as proof of failure to address Nazi past

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Out of jail, self-exiled Jewish author vows to fight Austria fraud conviction

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Austrian prosecutors: Mauthausen Holocaust survivors may be called criminals

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