Exhibition Opening and Book Presentation in Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv and London

Our travelling exhibition “From Repression to Remembrance” is coming to Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv and London!

A special cultural event is coming soon to Buenos Aires: on 11 December 2025, our exhibition will open in cooperation with the Austrian Embassy at the Museo del Holocausto in Buenos Aires. The opening ceremony will begin with speeches by the Austrian Ambassador to Argentina and a representative from the museum. This will be followed by a programme highlight in the form of a panel discussion: a Holocaust survivor who was interviewed for the “Lost Neighbourhood” project will meet with a third-generation Holocaust survivor. The exhibition will also feature a small table in the centre of the room displaying personal items and letters from two surviving Austrian families and serving as touching testimonies of survival.

Programme

• Welcome by Guillermo Yanco, Vice President of the Holocaust Museum
• Remarks by Gerhard Mayer, Austrian Ambassador to Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
• Video message from Hannah Lessing, Managing Director of the National Fund
• Conversation between Julia Hanh, Austrian Holocaust survivor, and Julia Hacker, employee of the Austrian Embassy in Argentina
• Moderator: Jonathan Karszenbaum, Managing Director of the Holocaust Museum

When: Thursday, 11 December 2025, 6 p.m.

Where: Holocaust Museum Buenos Aires, Montevideo 919, C1019 Buenos Aires

On 16 December 2025, the bilingual exhibition will open at the Austrian Club in Tel Aviv. In partnership with the Austrian Embassy in Tel Aviv and the Central Committee of Austrian Jews in Israel, the exhibition will open on the premises of the Austrian Club at Ester haMalka 7, Tel Aviv. The programme will include a panel discussion that will give voice to three generations and feature National Fund Managing Director Hannah Lessing and historian and professor of contemporary history Albert Lichtblau, among others. The interviews Lichtblau conducted with Holocaust survivors in Israel formed the basis for Volume 8 of the book series Erinnerungen (“Lives Remembered”) which has a thematic focus on “Flight to Palestine/Life in Israel,” and will also be presented during the exhibition opening.

Programm

• Welcome by H. E. Nikolaus Lutterotti, Austrian Ambassador to Israel
• Introduction by Hannah Lessing, Director of the National Fund, and Albert Lichtblau, Professor Emeritus of Contemporary History, University of Salzburg
• Panel discussion, moderated by Hannah Lessing; participants: Kitty Cohen, Anita Haviv-Horiner, Sagi Eckhaus

When: Thursday, 16 December 2025, 6:30 p.m.

Where: Austrian Club, Esther haMalka 7, Tel Aviv

On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026 and the 30th anniversary of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria, Katharina Kastner, Director of the Austrian Cultural Forum, and Hannah Lessing, Managing Director of the National Fund, invite you to the exhibition opening and panel discussion:

Arc of History Panel Discussion:

“Bridging Generations - 30 Years of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria”

Programme

Welcome

– Katharina Kastner (Director of the Austrian Cultural Forum London)
– Bernhard Wrabetz (Ambassasdor of the Republic of Austria to the United Kingdom)

Keynote

– Hannah Lessing (Managing Director of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism

Arc of History Panel Discussion

“Bridging Generations — 30 Years of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria”
– Hedi Argent MBE (survivor)
– Katherine Klinger (educator, initiator and chair of Arc of History lecture series)
– Helen Emily Davy (artist and researcher)
– Hannah Lessing
– Chair: Katherine Klinger

Q&A

When: 21 January 2026 at 7 p.m.

Where: Austrian Cultural Forum in London, 28 Rutland Gate, London SW7 1PQ

More information: programme and discussion participants