Program Commemoration ceremonies

Never forget: No trivialisation of the Holocaust - Commemoration on the Occasion of the International Holocaust Memorial Day

at Heldenplatz and video projections at numerous locations in Vienna.

The trivialisation of the Shoa, the terrible crimes of National Socialism, through false comparisons must not be accepted in silence. Due to the Corona pandemic, the trivialisation of the crimes of the National Socialists has become widespread.

Due to the current pandemic situation, this year's event will again be mainly online. On January 27, 2022, there will be a very small event at Heldenplatz, which will be streamed on Facebook and thus can be followed. The recorded interviews will be projected at different locations in Vienna on the evening of January 27. In the video projections, contemporary witnesses and their grandchildren will speak at prominent locations in Vienna about what happened historically and currently in different contexts and what they would like to pass on to all of us. More information on www.jetztzeichensetzen.at

Commemoration at the Memorial for Peace

Remembrance of the victims of the manhunt in February 1945.

3 PFIFFE - An evening of literature and music, about moral courage, and resistance.

Cultural Event and Commemoration in Memory of the Mühlviertel Manhunt. Reading by actor Gregor SEBERG, music by singer and musician Sigrid HORN.

Commemoration at the memorial plaque Maria-Ceasar-Park

to the Nazi victims of the death march of Hungarian Jews, the murdered in the Liebenau camp and those nameless dead who are still buried at Grünanger. The women in the camp who had to undergo forced abortions and cruel experimental medical operations at the Graz Women's Clinic will be remembered. Speakers: Elke KAHR - Mayor of the City of Graz, Werner ANZENBERGER - Regional Representative Mauthausen Komitee-Süd, Bund Sozialistischer Freiheitskämpfer, Councillor Tristan AMMERER - Grazer Grüne, Rainer POSSERT - Obmann Gedenkinitiativen Graz-Liebenau.

12^th Political Ash Wednesday at Bildungshaus Schloss Puchberg

Guest speaker: Journalist and writer Dr. Robert MISIK. In conversation with the former chairman of the Wels Initiative against Fascism Robert EITER about current issues such as dealing with conspiracy theories, right-wing populism, the state of democracy and much more. Afterwards, as always, there will be an opportunity for audience discussion.
Free admission, Donations are encouraged.

Lecture - "The Search for the Victims of the Kreuzstadl Massacre of March 1945"

On behalf of the the Federal Office for the Protection of Monuments, Mag. Nikolaus FRANZ and his team have conducted extensive research on the Kreuzstadl massacre. Their research started in 2013 and six search excavations have been carried out since. In this lecture he will report on geographical, geological, historical and current problems in the search for the graves. In cooperation with the municipality of Rechnitz

Conference "(Not) A Success Story - Decades of searching for a Grave"

In March 1945, up to 200 Hungarian Jewish forced laborers were murdered near the Kreuzstadl in Rechnitz. The RE.F.U.G.I.U.S. association, founded 30 years ago, commemorates the victims with annual memorial ceremonies at the Kreuzstadl.
The primary goal of the association is to find the place where the dead were buried and to give the dead a dignified burial place. With former Federal President Dr. Heinz FISCHER, video contributions of a descendant of victims of the Kreuzstadl massacre DR. Gábor VADÁSZ, Community Rabbi of the Jewish Community Vienna and Provincial Rabbi for Burgenland Schlomo HOFMEISTER Msc, Dr.in Zuzanna DZIUBAN (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Cultural Studies and History of Theater, ERC Project Globalised Memorial Museums), Chairman of the Association RE.F.U.G.I.U.S Paul GULDA. Walter REISS will moderate the evening.