In the presence of numerous representatives from the fields of politics, media and culture, the freshly-renovated New Jewish Cemetery in St. Pölten was ceremoniously released to the City of St. Pölten today, which will now be responsible for its long-term upkeep.
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.
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 …
The exhibition “From Repression to Remembrance. 25 Years of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism” is currently on display at the Centro Sefarad Israel in Madrid.
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 …
With the support of the Fund for the Restoration of the Jewish Cemeteries in Austria the renovation of two cemeteries in Burgenland was able to be successfully completed to coincide with the Year of Remembrance 2018: the cemeteries Lackenbach and Kobersdorf were restored in keeping with monument …
On Monday 19 December 2016 the Fund for the Restoration of the Jewish Cemeteries in Austria (Cemeteries Fund) and the Jewish Community Vienna approved the restoration work carried out on the Jewish cemeteries in Deutschkreutz and Stockerau. The competent municipalities can now assume responsibility …