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Row as Vienna names park after Nazi

Park may be renamed

By Liam Hoare

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A contemporary illustration of Mizzi Langer-Kauba

Oskar Deutsch, president of the Jewish Community of Vienna (Photo: Jewish Community of Vienna)

Austria acts after antisemitic attacks soar in Vienna

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The new plaque has been unveiled (Photo: Piotr Wittman)

Gdansk ghetto memorial unveiled at last

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Kindertransport remembered at Vienna ceremony marking 85th anniversary

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Jewish cemetery in Vienna hit by arson and vandalism

Attack condemned by Austrian Chancellor and opposition leader

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November 1, 2023 12:49

This photo taken on November 1, 2023 shows swastika symbols sprayed on an external wall in front of the ceremony hall at the Jewish part of the Central Cemetery in Vienna, Austria, after police cordoned off the area. Austrian police on November 1 were investigating a fire that damaged a hall at the Jewish part of the Vienna cemetery, with politicians condemning anti-Semitic violence. Cities in Europe have seen a spike in anti-Semitic attacks in response to the Israel-Hamas conflict. In the night from October 31 to November 1, a fire broke out at the Jewish part of the Vienna cemetery, damaging a ceremony hall, officers said. (Photo by GEORG HOCHMUTH / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT (Photo by GEORG HOCHMUTH/APA/AFP via Getty Images)

Legal fight launched to reclaim Shoah victim's paintings

Twelve works by the Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele that once belonged to Fritz Grünbaum at centre of court battle

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September 28, 2023 11:05

Legal fight launched to reclaim Shoah victim's paintings

The triumphs and tragedies of Vienna’s Jewish football clubs

A new exhibition examines the histories of Austria Vienna and SC Hakoah Vienna and how they survived the Nazi era

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July 27, 2023 11:24

The triumphs and tragedies of Vienna’s Jewish football clubs

Vienna spends £430,000 tilting statue of antisemitic mayor 3.5 degrees instead of ripping it down

The statue daubed with word ‘Shame’ has been a battleground for years

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June 5, 2023 11:12

Vienna spends £430,000 tilting statue of antisemitic mayor 3.5 degrees instead of ripping it down

Ukrainian mayor pledges to safeguard iconic Jewish cemetery amid war

Ivan Pohorilyak, the Mayor of Perechyn, made the pledge to safeguard the site because 'Jewish history is our history'

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May 18, 2023 11:15

Ukrainian mayor pledges to safeguard iconic Jewish cemetery amid war

Victory for Gdansk ghetto memorial campaigners

After fears rapid development would prevent site's commemoration, government announces plan will go ahead

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April 28, 2023 12:30

Victory for Gdansk ghetto memorial campaigners

Austria’s Turkish and Arabic speakers ‘more antisemitic' than the rest of the population

A majority of this section of society, 53 per cent, agreed with the statement that 'Jews control the global economy'

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April 21, 2023 19:22

Austria’s Turkish and Arabic speakers ‘more antisemitic' than the rest of the population

Coalition deal with far-right Freedom Party is a ‘slap in the face for Austrian Jews’

Political observers believe the state arrangement could be replicated at national level in the general election next year

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March 23, 2023 11:05

This picture taken on January 28, 2018 in Sankt Poelten, Austria, shows lead candidate for the Freedom Party (FPOe) Udo Landbauer after his vote on the occasion of the Lower Austrian state election. Udo Landbauer, said on February 1, 2018 he was giving up all political functions including as a local deputy. Landbauer was at the centre of a scandal over song lyrics praising the Holocaust. / AFP PHOTO / APA / ROBERT JAEGER / Austria OUT (Photo credit should read ROBERT JAEGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Vienna’s UK embassy honours diplomats and clergy who saved Jews from Nazis

The UK ambassador recently discovered her own grandmother escaped on the Kindertransport

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March 7, 2023 14:12

Vienna’s UK embassy honours diplomats and clergy who saved Jews from Nazis

Veteran Austrian Jewish journalist and Holocaust survivor Karl Pfeifer dies at 94

Mr Pfeifer escaped from wartime Hungary and fought in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence before returning to his native Austria

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January 9, 2023 16:19

Für die Preisträger:innen der Kategorie 'Hauptpreis' Dankesworte von Karl Pfeifer

‘Last chance’ plea for memorial to Gdansk ghetto

From 1940 onwards, site was home to Polish port city remaining 600 Jews - now it is being rapidly redeveloped

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January 5, 2023 11:57

‘Last chance’ plea for memorial to Gdansk ghetto

Austria launches probe into ‘antisemitic’ mosque

The Documentation Centre Political Islam has spent a year looking into the activities of the Islamic Association in Austria

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December 15, 2022 12:35

Austria launches probe into ‘antisemitic’ mosque