Posts Tagged: Austria
Hitler’s Birth Home in Austria to Be Converted Into Police Station
Construction is reportedly scheduled to begin this fall to turn the townhouse in the northern Austrian town of Braunau where Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was...
Chronicling of Restoration of Torah Scroll Hidden During Holocaust to be Exhibited on Holocaust Education Website
The restoration of a historic artifact recently recovered from a small village in Poland will be chronicled at a "virtual museum" website which international supermodel...
Austrian Government Ministers Pledge to Keep Fighting Antisemitism
The government of Austria is expanding its efforts to counter antisemitism, government officials said on Wednesday. Following a Council of Ministers meeting, constitution minister Karoline Edtstadler...
Israel and Austria Sign Strategic Pact to Upgrade Relations, Talk Iran Threat and Antisemitism
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Tuesday signed a “comprehensive” strategic partnership to boost cooperation in areas including security, cyber...
Finding Refuge in Vienna, a Ukrainian Mohel and His Family Flee War for the Second Time
For Elizabet and her husband Yaacov Gaissinovich, a well-known mohel in Ukraine, the fear of one of their children getting hurt was the final trigger...
‘The Jews Have Not Surrendered’: Austria Apologizes for Nazi Crimes as Lapid Honors Grandfather Killed at Mauthausen Camp
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Thursday apologized on behalf of the Republic to Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid for the crimes committed at the Nazis'...
Outspoken Holocaust Survivor Gertrude Pressburger Dies at 94
i24 News – Outspoken Holocaust survivor Gertrude Pressburger died aged on Friday 94 in her native city of Vienna, Austria after a long illness. Austrian President...
Europe Reimposes Tougher measures as Omicron Sweeps Continent
i24 News – Nations across Europe are moving to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of coronavirus infections driven by the highly transmissible...
Antisemitic Incidents in Austria More Than Double in First Half of 2021
Antisemitic harassment and attacks reported in Austria in the first half of 2021 have more than doubled since the year prior, led by incidents at...
Iran’s Zarif Cancels Vienna Visit Over Austria’s Support for Israel Amid Gaza Rocket Fire
i24 News – Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif canceled his visit to Vienna over Austria's show of solidarity with Israel as the latter found...
For Descendants of Austrian Holocaust Victims, Becoming a Citizen Has Never Been Easier
JNS.org - At some point during the video conference call, Scott Morse of Ashburn, Virginia whipped out a faux Austrian-European Union license plate that read:...
Austrian Chancellor Says Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism ‘Two Sides of the Same Coin’
In an address at a conference held by the American Jewish Committee’s Transatlantic Institute on Thursday, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said, “In today’s political climate,...
Austrian Freedom Party Politician Resigns Over Neo-Nazi Scandal
A high-ranking official from Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) resigned on Thursday, yielding to mounting pressure over his association with a group accused of being...
Students Face Fine or Jail Time for Displaying Israeli Flag at Pro-Palestinian Rally in Vienna
A group of Jewish students responded to a pro-Palestinian rally in Austria last month by displaying an Israeli flag -- and now face a €100...
