Remembrance in Austria
- An Overview -
The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism
The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism was established in 1995 to express Austria's special responsibility towards the victims of National Socialism. It renders payments to victims of National Socialism, in particular to those who had previously received little or no compensation; to those in need of special assistance or those whose personal circumstances warrant relief.
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Strategy Paper: Preventing Anti-Semitism through Education
The Austrian Ministry of Education and Austria’s Education Agency OeAD present Recommendations for the implementation of the national strategy against antisemitism for the Austrian educational administration and teacher training institutions.Project DERLA: Digital Memory Landscape Austria. Persecution and Resistance under National Socialism | Documenting and Learning
The Digital Memory Landscape Austria (DERLA) is a documentation and education project. It documents the places and signs of remembrance of the victims and places of terror of National Socialism in Austria and aims at a critical examination of National Socialism and fascism and the remembrance of them. The interdisciplinary cooperation project also aims to develop new concepts for digital remembrance education.
ERINNERN:AT is part of Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalization and promotes the transfer of historical and methodological-didactic knowledge as well as the reflection of its significance for the present. Since 01.01.2022, the former Holocaust Education Institute of the Austrian Ministry of Education is now the OeAD's program for teaching and learning about National Socialism and the Holocaust.
In national and international educational projects ERINNERN:AT works with European and international partner organizations to develop educational materials in the field of Holocaust education and the prevention of anti-Semitism and racism. These materials include educational websites, learning apps, teaching materials, youth books, exhibitions for schools, and educational programs at memorial sites.
Memento Vienna is an online tool, optimized for devices such as tablets and smartphones, that offers information about the victims of the Nazi regime in Vienna. Using a map of the city, the mobile website makes visible the last-known addresses of those murdered as well as archival documents and photographs of people and buildings in the city. Users have the opportunity to interact with the history of their surroundings and learn more about the fate of the people who were persecuted. In this way, the exclusion, deportation and murder of Austrian Jews is made visible virtually.