Today, following extensive restoration work, the Jewish cemeteries in Oberstockstall in the Municipality of Kirchberg am Wagram and in Waidhofen an der Thaya were officially handed over to the local authorities.
This year, the Austrian national holiday on 26th October will provide a renewed opportunity to visit the Parliament in the Hofburg before it reopens the doors to its location on the Ring in January 2023, following years of extensive renovations. After a two-year break due to the pandemic, the …
On 12 July 2022, following the completion of seven years of renovation work, the Jewish cemetery in Graz was handed over to the local authority for continued upkeep. Between 2014 and 2022 the cemetery was comprehensively renovated with funds from the Fund for the Restitution of the Jewish Cemeteries …
Following extensive restoration work, the Jewish cemetery in Baden near Vienna was officially handed over to the local authority, which will be responsible for its further upkeep. The ceremony was attended by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Fund for the Restoration of Jewish Cemeteries …
For more than 17 years, Bernhard Rothkappel worked with the National Fund as a graphic designer. On 12 April 2022 he passed away, suddenly and unexpectedly.
They year 2021 is drawing to a close – the second year under the shadow of the worldwide Covid19 pandemic. For the National Fund of the Republic of Austria, established at the National Council, the General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism and the Fund for the Restoration of the …
Today, 8 November 2021, the newly-restored Jewish cemetery in Klosterneuburg was handed back to the local authority, which has committed to maintain the cemetery for the next 20 years.
The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism has published a “Visitors’ guide to the Jewish cemeteries in Austria”. The publication, which is available in German and English, was produced jointly with the Jewish religious communities and grassroots initiatives and …
At the end of 2020, the restoration work on the Jewish cemetery in Klosterneuburg reached completion: On 2 December, the work was approved in the presence of representatives from the Jewish Community Vienna, the Federal Office for the Protection of Monuments, the Fund for the Restoration of the …