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Austria

Construction begins on Vienna Wall of Names Memorial

Building has gone underway on the Shoah Wall of Names Memorial in the Ostarrichipark area of Vienna.

Jewish gravestones found in Austrian castle walls after 400 years

Renovations carried out in the first half of 2020 at Ebenfurth Castle, Austria, have revealed some 28 Jewish gravestones and gravestone fragments dating from the 17th century.

New demographic study of Austrian Jewry

The Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) has published a demographic study of the Jewish community in Austria.

Former Austrian Vice-Chancellor accused of penning antisemitic dedication in Nazi book

Heinz-Christian Strache, former Vice-chancellor of Austria, was accused of having penned a handwritten dedication railing against the “Jewish lust for power” on the title page of an antisemitic screed from the Nazi era.

Austria will turn Hitler’s birthplace into a police station

Austrian officials unveiled plans to “neutralize” Adolf Hitler’s birth house by turning it into a police station, with the building receiving some cosmetic changes in the process.

Austrian MPs want Hezbollah banned within the EU

Legislators from Austria's governing coalition parties introduced a resolution urging the European Union to reassess Hezbollah’s entire organization as a terrorist movement.

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