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Mauthausen Komitee Österreich | Österreichische Lagergemeinschaft Mauthausen | Comité International de Mauthausen

Partner: Ministry of the Interior as well as following Federal States Vienna, Upper Austria, Carinthia, Salzburg, Steiermark, Tirol and Vorarlberg

Memorial and Liberation Events 2016

Each year the Austrian Mauthausen Committee (MKÖ) organises and coordinates the largest memorial and liberation

event in Europe in close cooperation with survivor organisations at a national (Austrian Camp Community) and interna-

tional level (Comité International de Mauthausen), with this year seeing the 71st anniversary of the liberation of

Mauthausen Concentration Camp. As well as the main liberation commemorations there are many other events that

take place in the former sub-camps of Mauthausen and sites of Nazi terror. In total, 40,000 people participated in the

memorial and liberation events in 2015 of whom 22,000 people, including concentration camp survivors and many high-

level politicians from within Austria and abroad, were at Mauthausen concentration camp with the remaining 18,000 at

more than 90 memorial events at former sub-camps and memorial sites, sending the strong message of “Never Again”.

The majority of events, with participants from the region but also from many countries throughout Europe, were organ-

ised by local organisations and initiatives in close cooperation with the Austrian Mauthausen Committee.

Each year since 2006 has been designated a special theme related to the history of Mauthausen Concentration Camp

and the history of Nazism in Austria to frame the events. The relevance to the present day is an essential element of the

topic chosen each year and should especially work to help link the discussion of the context and ideology of National So-

cialism to the lives and experiences of young people today. The theme chosen for this year’s memorial and liberation

events is “International Solidarity”.

The continued commemoration of the victims of Nazi crimes, particularly those people imprisoned in Mauthausen and

its sub-camps as well as the engagement in anti-fascism and anti-racism work with young people are the main activities

of the MKÖ. The MKÖ has been able to reach 63,000 young people in recent years through civil courage training, guided

tours through the memorial site of Mauthausen concentration camp and its sub-camps, the pre-visit preparation and

post-visit work, anti-racism workshops such as the new workshop “Wir sind alle”, the racism simulation game “Miramix”

as well as the diverse event-related and thematic youth projects. In autumn 2016, the first tours took place as part of

the new educational project “denk mal wien”.

www.MemorialVienna.at www.mauthausen-guides.at www.zivilcourage.at www.miramix.at www.rechtsextrem.at www.edition-mauthausen.at



“International Solidarity” For the prisoners of the Nazi concentration camps international solidarity had a particular significance. This was also the case in Mauthausen and its sub-camps, where Austrians formed only a small minority of the people imprisoned there. The concentration camp prisoners realised very quickly that any resistance against the SS in the camp and the prisoners in positions of power would have to have to be based on cooperation and overcoming national and other differences. Any act of organised solidarity or even political discussion was punished by death in the concentration camps. These il-legal resistance organisations were active in Mauthausen by 1944 at the latest. Solidarity began to develop with the arrival of 1600 prisoners from Dachau concentration camp in 1939. Other small groups formed along national lines as prisoners arrived from countries such a Poland, Spain, the Czech Republic and the former Yugoslavia. The Spanish Republicans brought solidarity to an international level. In the clerk’s office of Mauthausen concentration camp the Czechs, Spanish and Germans – and later other nationalities – were active. The po-litical prisoners in this clerk’s office were central to the solidarity and resistance. International solidarity in the concentration camp took many forms, including encouraging the development of illegal resistance groups in the sub-camps, establishing contact with the local community, minimising conflict between the dif-ferent national groups in the camp, listening to foreign radio broadcasts and spreading information about the course of the war, routing out SS informants, supplying prisoners – especially the sick – with food and clothing, and offering a cul-tural programme, such as music. They also undertook acts of sabotage and prepared for a military uprising in the case of a mass liquidation of the camp. By winter 1944/45, the illegal solidarity had developed to such an extent that individual prisoners who were in particular danger could be rescued. At the end of April 1945 an international committee was founded by Heinrich Dürmayer, a prisoner who had arrived in Mauthausen from Auschwitz in January 1945. The committee met several times a day until the liberation of the camp and after liberation served to keep the administration running. In the days leading up to and during liberation in May 1945 the committee came into its own, ensuring the orderly handing over of the camp to the Americans, helping to administer first aid and emergency help and assisting in the repatriation of prisoners. Several na-tional committees were founded between the day of liberation and the 8th May 1945 and sent representatives to the in-ternational committee. With the departure of the Soviet prisoners on 16th May 1945, the International Mauthausen Committee issued an emphatic plea to contribute with mutual respect and solidarity to the rebuilding of a free and just world. May 1947 saw a meeting of former prisoners and their families to commemorate their liberation. The International Mauthausen Committee (Comité International de Mauthausen) remains active to this day and in-cludes representatives from 21 countries in Europe and the USA. In 2015, they spoke out in the context of the refugee crisis: “We feel sadness, helplessness and disgust, and are reminded of a reality – as Jews, “Gypsies” and political pris-oners – of being shunted between the borders of the so-called democratic states with negligence and indifference. We are true to our vow of “never again” and will fight to make sure that the lack of international solidarity towards the refugees does not go ignored.” A lack of international solidarity becomes ever clearer. One of the causes is the relationship between industrialised and developing countries and is demonstrated once more through war and the resulting waves of refugees. However, in-stead of a focus on international solidarity, the Far-Right gets stronger, fear prevails, and scaremongering and the de-mands for the building of fences and turning Europe into a fortress get louder. Now, more than ever, is the time to see solidarity on an international scale.



“International Solidarity” Programme for the Memorial and Liberation events 2016

Mauthausen, former sub-camps and sites of Nazi terror

Sunday, 15th May 2016 Memorial site at

the former concentration

camp Mauthausen

Upper Austria

from 8:30

9:00

from 9:30

10:00

from

11:30

11:45

12:30

13:30

International Memorial & Liberation Commemora-tion Rallies at the national memorials Ecumenical Service (Chapel) with Bishop Dr. Michael BÜNKER, Father Mag. Christian ÖHLER and Metro-politan Dr. Arsenios KARDAMAKIS Music: Mauthausen Gospel Team led by Christine ARNDT Gathering of the former prisoners, the delegations and the diplomatic representatives at the former roll call area (please be aware of the sectors – our staff will gladly help) Joint liberation celebration at the former roll call area. In 2016 the liberation celebration will take a stronger “Collaboration” character with all partici-pants. Opening address: Willi MERNYI, Chair of the Aus-trian Mauthausen Committee Presenters: Konstanze BREITEBNER, Mercedes ECHERER Musical accompaniment from the ensemble “Wid-erstand” and the “Ensemble 4 der Militärmusik OÖ” with pieces such as the European Hymn and “Moor-soldaten”. Memorial speeches: During the memorial proces-sion, representatives from different national survivor and victim groups from Belgium, Italy, Serbia and the Ukraine will give speeches in their national lan-guages. All participants will leave the former camp section. Official end of the liberation ceremony. Rallies at the national memorial (Further information in the Programme)

IInternational Youth Memorial Rally (at the Young Person’s memorial)

End of the national rallies.



Saturday, 9th January 2016 St. Veit im Jauntal

Memorial plaque Carinthia

AM Memorial Mass for the mother and daughter resis-tance fighters Terezija and Terezija Mičej

Tuesday, 23rd February 2016 Mauthausen

Donausaal Upper Austria

19:00 Cultural und Memorial event for the Mühlviertel Manhunt “Traces of escape” Werner Schneyder reads texts about and by people who had been forced to flee their homes. Presenta-tion of the film project by the New Middle School Mauthausen Musical arrangement: Free Willy Event organised by: perspektive Mauthausen

Saturday, 19th March 2016 Linz

Pfarre Marcel Callo Schörgenhubstr. 39

Upper Austria

19:00 Mass to the anniversary of the death of Marcel Callo Marcel Callo was a Catholic youth worker and oppo-nent of National Socialism. He was beatified in 1987.

Friday, 25th March 2016 Hinterbrühl

Memorial site Johannesstrasse

Lower Austria

14:30 Memorial ceremony with stations of the cross

Saturday, 2nd April 2016 Oberwart

Lisztgasse 12/OHO Burgenland

14:00 Symposium “The Holocaust was unfilmable” – At-tempts to get close – Oberwart

Sunday, 3rd April 2016 Rechnitz

Memorial Kreuzstadl

Burgenland

14:00 Memorial ceremony for all the victims of the con-struction of the “South Wall”

Monday, 4th April 2016 Neusiedl am See

Handelsakademie Burgenland

11:00 Exhibition Opening – “Night and Fog” – Spanish in Mauthausen – Burgenland against Spanish Fascism Invited lecture: Erich HACKL

Wednesday, 6th April 2016 Lenzing

Memorial Upper Austria

18:30 Memorial event and wreath laying Memorial stone Pettighofen Speech: Former BH Dr. Peter SALINGER Film presentation: “Lampedusa in Winter” in the Lichtspielen Lenzing (in cooperation with the local council)

Haid Stadtsaal

Upper Austria

19:00 Memorial event "Going Nowhere” Memorial event for the death marches. Reading with Ines Bernt-Koppensteiner and Alex Schinko; Cooperation: MKÖ Ansfelden, Wi-der das Vergessen, Ansfelden Town Library, Treff-punkt mensch & arbeit Nettingsdorf

Thursday, 7th April 2016 Chapel of the

Teacher Training College of the Dio-

19:30 Dr. Johann Gruber Memorial Service On the anniversary of his death on April 7th and the repeal of the Nazi court judgment (together with Dr.



cese of Linz Salesianumweg 3

Linz Upper Austria

Manfed SCHEURER, Dr. Ludwig SCHWARZ SDB and Dr. Maximilian AICHERN OSB) Music: Duo Seitenweg (Wilfried SCHARF, Albin WAID)

Saturday, 9th April 2016 Peggau

Memorial site Styria

16:30 Ecumenical Memorial ceremony at the former sub-camp of Mauthausen in Peggau With the curator Bernadette PFINGSTL (Evangelical Church), Pastoral Assistant Anton GSCHIER (Catholic Church), confirmation candidates Event hosted by the Peggau Evangelical Parish, the Deutschfeistritz RC Parish, ARGE Youth against Vio-lence and Racism and the Austrian Mauthausen Committee. Musical accompaniment: Fritz WINDISCH

Liebenau Anderseng. 32-34

Styria

18:30 Memorial Event Speeches: Dr. Rainer POSSERT, SMZ-Liebenau; Univ. Prof. Helmut KONRAD, University of Graz; Mag. Joachim HAINZL, MKÖ; GR Mag. Andreas MOLNÁR i.V. BM NAGL, HR Dr. Heinz ANDERWALD, Member of the Austrian Jewish Community

Graz South Parish Anton-Lippe-Platz

Graz, Styria

20:00 Memorial Concert with Paul GULDA

Tuesday, 12th April 2016 Simmering

Haidgasse 22/ Oriongasse

Vienna

14:00 Memorial event at the former sub-camp Vienna Saurer Werke Speeches: Harald TROCH (MP) und Gerald NETZL. The memorial service will be organised in coopera-tion with pupils from the Vienna vocational training school. Several honorary guests from the embassies as well as from victim organisations will be in atten-dance.

Sunday, 17th April 2016 Bratislava,

Petržalka Wolfsthal

Bad Dt.-Altenburg

7:45 -18:00

16th Memorial trip to Engerau Registration until 11.4.2016 to Dr. Claudia KURETSIDIS-HAIDER,

Monday, 18th April 2016 Wels

Jewish Memorial

Cemetery Upper Austria

18:30

Remembrance of the death march of the Hungarian Jews Opening Address: Johann REINDL-SCHWAIGHOFER (Councillor for Culture, Wels) Speech: Prof. Dr. Anton PELINKA (Political Sciences) In cooperation with the Evangelical Trombone Choir Wels, led by Martin KÖBERL

18th – 22nd April 2016 Linz

AK Upper Austria Upper Austria

Hermann Langbein Symposium 2016 For 34 years the “Hermann Langbein-Symposium” has been an important aspect for advanced training on the topic of the “Nazi period in Austria” Registration: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]



Thursday, 21st April 2016 Linz

Teacher training college of the Linz

Diocese Linz/Chapel

Salesianumweg 3 Upper Austria

19:00 Memorial ceremony for the camp Linz II, concept by the Year 4 of the Adalbert Stifter Middle School Theme: "Encounters" Pupils from the Adalbert Stifter School will present a variety of contributions based on the encounters be-tween the past and present, with each other and with one’s self.

Saturday, 23rd April 2016 Fürstenfeld

City park Styria

12:00 Memorial vigil by the K.Ö.St.V. Riegersburg (MKV) against (Neo-) Nazism and violent extremist groups in Austria. Organiser: Fürstenfeld Middle School stu-dents and the fraternity “Riegersburg”. Speaker: Ge-rald L. Guschlbauer

Tuesday, 26th April 2016 Ansfelden

Kremsbrücke Upper Austria

8:00 -

11:00

Memorial Events “The death of a Jewish woman! Local Nazi politics in Kremsbrücke in April 1945” Re-membrance by the 4th abc class of the Ansfelden school.

Wednesday, 27th April 2016 Ansfelden

Kremsbrücke Gh. Stockinger Upper Austria

18:00 Memorial ceremony AGAINST FORGETTING - "In-ternational Solidarity" – “because forgetting evil is to allow it to happen again” Memorial ceremony in memory of those Jews mur-dered on the death marches from Mauthausen to Gunskirchen, Organiser: Platform “Wider das Vergessen“, MKÖ Ansfelden, Meeting point: mensch & arbeit Nettingsdorf, ÖGB LL

Friday, 29th April 2016 Linz

Memorial site Lunzerstraße 74

Upper Austria

10:00 Memorial event for the anniversary of the liberation of the sub-camp Linz III

Vöcklabruck Memorial

District sports hall Upper Austria

10:30 Memorial event – together with the local grammar school. Organised by the local grammar school, followed by the laying of wreath at the memorial.

Salzburg City Ignaz Rieder Kai 21

Salzburg

11:00 Memorial event at the Memorial for Roma und Sinti During the Nazi regime the former racetrack was used to round up the Roma and Sinti and from there bring them to Maxglan. In the course of the dissolu-tion of the camp, 300 Roma and Sinti were deported to Auschwitz and the “Gypsy vagabond camp” in Lackenbach.

Braunau Memorial stone in

Salzburg suburbs Upper Austria

17:30 Memorial ceremony at the memorial stone Opening address: Johannes WAIDBACHER (Mayor) Speech: Andrej CILERDZIC (Bishop of the Serbian Or-thodox Church, Austrian, Swiss and Italian Diocese. Music: Braunau Democratic Choir

Monday, 2nd May 2016 Redl-Zipf

Memorial 18:00 Memorial event with wreath-laying at the memo-

rial



Upper Austria Address: Mayor Josef SIX Play in the church – „Eichmann“ with Franz FROSCHAUER (entrance: VVK 14,--, AK 16,--)

Wednesday, 4th May 2016 Floridsdorf

District Museum Vienna

10:00 Memorial event During the Nazi period there were several sub-camps of Mauthausen that were within the modern city’s borders, one of which was the sub-camp Flo-ridsdorf. Opening by representatives of the district, lecture by Dr. Gerhard BAUMGARTNER and laying of a wreath.

Gleisdorf Memorial

Town Hall Square Styria

10:00 Memorial event Theme: Fleeing and Expulsion: Yesterday and Today Memorial Address: Jakob BROSSMANN (Director of the film “Lampedusa in Winter“), with Gabriella GOLDMANN (survivor) in attendance and in coop-eration with the pupils of the schools of Gleisdorf and refugees currently living in the town. Organised by: The organisation "Zukunft braucht Er-innerung"

St. Aegyd Neuwalde

Kulturstadel Memorial site Lower Austria

18:30 Memorial ceremony The ceremony has been developed by the pupils of the new middle school on St. Aegyd am Neuwald ac-cording to this year’s motto “international solidar-ity”. The school choir with provide the musical ac-companiment. Elfriede AWADALLA will be a guest speaker (to be confirmed, followed by the traditional silent proces-sion to the memorial site.

Thursday, 5th May 2016 Neumarkt

Schloss Lind Styria

19:00 Memorial event with a reading as part of the series “Remembered Wounds” Robert SCHINDEL reads from his novel “Der Kalte“ Music: SINCE WE MET Special exhibition 2016 “Self and Other”. The exhibition features objects that are presented in the context of the Lind Castle, the town of Neumarkt and the region to highlight the political and social background of the events of National Socialism.

Friday, 6th May 2016 Morzinplatz

Memorial Vienna

10:30 Cermonial Wreath-laying at the memorial for the Victims of the Gestapo at Morzinplatz Organisers: The Green Party Vienna and the Vien-nese Jewish Community.

Saturday, 7th May 2016 Greifenburg

Train sta-tion/Memorial

Carinthia

17:00 Memorial ceremony At the Memorial for the victims of Nazism in Oberen Drautal Opening addresses: Mayor Josef BRANDNER, Peter PIRKER (verein aegide). Memorial speech: Dr. Peter KAISER. Staged reading by school pupils Further Information: www.aegide.at

http://www.aegide.at/



Sunday, 8th May 2016 Gallneukirchen

Memorial for Peace

Upper Austria

18:30 Memorial ceremony Theme: “Solidarity for people who are fleeing” Word collage on the topic of “Fleeing to Austria” Speech: Richard WALL Local youth groups have acted as co-organisers

Heldenplatz Vienna

19:30 Festival of Joy Vienna’s Heldenplatz will once more become a space of commemoration and joy on the 71st anniversary of liberation from the Nazi regime with a free con-cert of the Wiener Symphoniker. The concert will also feature speeches from several speakers, includ-ing Chair of the Austrian Mauthausen Committee Willi Mernyi and survivor Daniel Chanoch. Katharina Stemberger will act as presenter.

Monday, 9th May 2016 Wiener Neustadt

Serbenhalle Lower Austria

11:00 Memorial event Speakers: Karin RENNER (representative of the local council), Tanja WINDBÜCHLER-SOUSCHILL (MP) Musik: Pupils from the BORG-Wiener Neustadt Led by Anton STRAKA

Tuesday, 10th May 2016 Attnang Puchheim

Train station

18:30 Memorial ceremony at the railway station memorial

Phönix Saal Upper Austria

19:00 Memorial event Presentation: Karl Markovics

Wednesday, 11th May 2016 Memorial of

Names Widmanngasse

Villach Carinthia

17:00 Memorial for the victims of National Socialist Vio-lence Organiser: Erinnern Villach

Museum Arbeits-welt

Steyr Upper Austria

19:00 Opening of the exhibition “Forced labour under Na-tional Socialism”. An exhibition by the Foundation for the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora memorial sites

Thursday, 12th May 2016 St. Georgen/Gusen Guided walk through the rock salt mine shaft

The walk will last around two hours, registration is recommended as only a limited number of spaces are available. Information is available online at www.mauthausen-memorial.at

Friday, 13th May 2016 Amstetten

Eisenreichdornach Lower Austria

10:00 Memorial event Speeches: Ulrike KÖNIGSBERGER-LUDWIG, Deputy Mayor and MP, Willy PYPEN, President Amicale de Mauthausen Belgium and representative of the Ini-tiativ Amstetten. Cultural and musical programme by the Amstetten schools (Ostarrichi-Gymnasium, HAK, HLW, BAKIP, Landesberufsschule). Ecumenical prayer and laying of a wreath.

Eisenreichdornach Amstetten

10:30 Liberation Commemoration Participating schools: Ostarrichigymnasium, HAK

http://www.mauthausen-memorial.at/



Lower Austria Amstetten, HLW Amstetten, Landesberufsschule Amstetten, BAKIP Amstetten

Melk Memorial site Lower Austria

10:30 Liberation commemoration

Spital am Pyhrn Church

St. Leonhard Upper Austria

16:30 Memorial ceremony for the children who died in the home for children from foreign races.

New date! St. Valentin

Anna-Strasser-Platz

Lower Austria

17:00 Memorial event Speaker: Anton Pelinka

Saturday, 14th May 2016 Ebensee

Memorial site Upper Austria

10:30 Liberation commemoration: 71st anniversary of the liberation of Ebensee Concentration Camp Addresses by survivors Memorial speech: Katharina STEMBERGER

Gunskirchen Cemetery of the

concentration camp

Upper Austria

10:30 Liberation commemoration Speakers: Christine HAIDEN (President of the Presseclubs, Upper Austria), Daniel CHANOCH (Sur-viver), György FRISCH (President of the Hungrian Jewish Community), Jehuda BACON (artist, survivor)

Gusen Memorial site Upper Austria

17:00 Liberation commemoration "international solidar-ity" Invited Guest: Heinz PATZELT (Secretary General of Amnesty International Austria)

Sunday, 15th May 2016 Memorial plaque

Mauthausen Upper Austria

08:45 Memorial service for Leopold Figl

Memorial for Roma and Sinti

Mauthausen Upper Austria

9:00 Memorial events with Wreath laying at the Memo-rial for Roma and Sinti by representatives of the Aus-trian and international Roma and Sinti organisations.

Memorial plaque Mauthausen

Upper Austria

12:00 The memorial service for Richard Bernaschek and other Social Democrat freedom fighters, victims of fascism and active anti-fascists will take place after the international memorial event at the Richard Bernaschek memorial, with a speech by Alois STÖGER, Federal Minister for Work, Social and Con-sumer Matters.

Mauthausen Visitor centre

Memorial Upper Austria

13:00 Presentation of the Memorial Book with Federal Minister Johanna MIKL-LEITNER Guided tour in several languages lasting around an hour. Informations: www.mauthausen-memorial.at

Ried/Rdm. Memorial stone

Upper Austria

16:00 Memorial event at the Memorial stone for the “Mühlviertal Manhunt” Speeches: Sabine SCHATZ, Mayor Ernst RABL, the Socialist Youth, Federation of Social Democratic Freedom Fighters, Mauthausen Committee East Memorial Speech: KO LAbg. Christian MAKOR Music: Jenny MENDL, Mauthausen Committee East

http://www.mauthausen-memorial.at/



Monday, 16th May 2016 Steyr

Concentration camp Memorial

Haagerstraße Upper Austria

17:30 Liberation commemoration Welcoming address: Mag. Karl RAMSMAIER (MK-Steyr) Memorial speech: Erich HACKL (Author) Music, Wreath-laying - Minute of silence In the event of bad weather, the event will be held at the Münichholz Fire Station.

Friday, 20th May 2016 New date! Weyer-Dipoldsau

Memorial site Upper Austria

16:00 Memorial ceremony Drama presentation by the Cultural organisa-tion FRIKULUM on the topic of “international solidarity” with particular regards to the refu-gee situation.

Sunday, 29 th May 2016 Strasshof

Memorial Lower Austria

11:30h Memorial ceremony (Helmahof-Str.)

Thursday, 9 th June 2016 Loiblpass

Tržiški muzej Slowenien

17:00 Opening exhibition of sculptures by Seiji Kimoto Seiji Kimoto creates sculptures dedicated to the vic-tims of concentration camps. He made two special sculptures one is dedicated to KZ Ljubelj south and the other to KZ Ljubelj north.

Saturday, 11th June 2016 Loiblpass

Memorial sites Carinthia Slovenia

9:00

11:00

Memorial event: Loibl Nord Memorial address: Milan KUCAN, First president of the independent Slovenia (1991-2002) The voice of witnesses: Dušan STEFANCIC, Slovenian resistance movement, former concentration camp prisoner, liberated from Mauthausen/Gusen The voice of the youth: Maximilian HOPFGARTNER Austrian Gedenkdienst, memorial service abroad Musical accompaniment: Women’s choir Rož, St. Ja-kob im Rosental/Ženski pevski zbor Rož, Šentjakob v Rožu Memorial event: Loibl Süd

Saturday, 18th June 2016 New date! Bretstein

Camp Memorial site

Styria

11:00 Memorial ceremony with the theme of “interna-tional solidarity” Memorial speech: Friedo HÜTTER (Kleine Zei-tung, Graz) Statements of refugees

Tuesday, 21st June 2016 Wartberg o.d. Aist

Memorial Kalvarienberg Upper Austria

19:00 Prayer for Peace and commemoration of the victims of the Mühlviertel The memorial for the “Mühlviertel Manhunt” was unveiled in November 2015 as a project of the local community.

Friday, 24th June 2016 Präbichl

Memorial 09:45 10th March of Life

Programme: March of Life via the Almshouses



Styria to the memorial, roughly a half an hour walking time. Memorial service at about 11am at the memorial.

Sunday, 26th June 2016 Bad Eisenkappel

Železna Kapla Koprein Petzen 3

Peršmanhof Carinthia

14:00 Memorial ceremony at Peršmanhof The mountain farm of the Carinthian-Slovene Sa-dovnik family was, from 1942, an important base for the resistance movement. Shortly before the end of the war, in April 25th 1945, the families Sadvonik and Kogoj paid for their support of the resistance with the lives of 11 family members. The SS and the 13th Police Regiment carried out a massacre there in the dying days of the war that is written deep into the collective memories of the Carinthian Slovenes as a symbol of their suffering. Nobody was ever brought to justice for the crimes.

Saturday, 2nd July 2016 Goldegg

Memorial stone Salzburg

18:00 Memorial ceremony and wreath laying at the Me-morial stone for the Wehrmacht deserters from Goldegg

Autumn 2016 Guntramsdorf/ Vi-

ennaer Neudorf Former camp

Lower Austria

n.o. Memorial event Organiser: (Ge)DenkVerein sub-camp Guntrams-dorf/Wiener Neudorf

Hirtenberg Gemeindesaal Lower Austria

n.o. Memorial Event

Saturday, 1st October 2016 Alkoven

Schloss Hartheim Memorial site Upper Austria

11:00

Memorial ceremony Annual memorial service for the victims of Nazi euthanasia in the education and memorial centre Schloss Hartheim

Friday, 7th October 2016 Ternberg

Pfarrbaracke Spielfeldstraße 1

Upper Austria

18:30 Memorial ceremony Organiser: Catholic Youth, Upper Austria Co-organiser: The local council, the parish, Ternberg Musikverein and the Red Cross Ternberg. Music: Brass ensemble of the Ternberg Musikverein

14 th – 16 th October 2016 Loiblpass

Austria Slowenia

MKÖ-Field Excursion with the theme of “international solidarity”

Saturday, 15th October 2016 Sankt Pantaleon

Memorial Weyer Upper Austria

18:00

Memorial ceremony (Moosachstrasse)

Thursday, 27th October 2016 Linz/Neue Heimat

Memorial, junction of Dailer-

/Siemensstr. Upper Austria

18:30 Memorial service for the victims of the Nazi “Work/rededucation” camp Schörgenhub with the motto “Civil Courage: Yesterday – today - tomor-row”.



Tuesday, 1st November 2016 Hinterbrühl


Lower Austria

18:00 Memorial ceremony for All Saints’ Day Arranged by the participants

Wednesday, 2nd Nov. 2016 Pichl bei Wels

Parish Church Upper Austria

19:00

Memorial ceremony Parish church: Mass for All Souls’ Day Followed by a commemoration at the cemetery

Wednesday, 9th Nov. 2016 Landstraße

Platz der Opfer der Deportation

Leon Zelman Park Vienna

18:00 Vigil and rally at the memorial stone at the former Aspang train station

Thursday, 10th Nov. 2016 Evangelical Church

Villach city park Carinthia

19:00 Commemoration of the November Progrom 1938 Organiser: Erinnern Villach

Saturday, 19th Nov. 2016 Lackenbach

Memorial site Burgenland

11:00 Memorial event At the memorial for Roma und Sinti.

Saturday, 10th December 2016 Aflenz

Memorial site, ar-maments cave

Styria

18:00 Memorial ceremony on Human Rights Day, with wreath-laying Representatives of the local council of Wagna, the Executive and the MKÖ North and other organisa-tions will be in attendance

Saturday, 31st December 2016 Hinterbrühl


Lower Austria

17:00 Memorial ceremony for the change of years

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