NazisTheatre ridiculed for issuing Nazi trigger warnings for the Sound of MusicAudience members were warned that the play might contain ‘distressing’ themesBy JC Reporter2 min read
AustriaAustrian town honours Jewish doctor who returned after being expelled during Nazi eraMemorial erected in Fischamend in memory of Dr Richard Winter, who was forced to leave the town in 1938 because he was a Jew but returned to care for its people after the warBy Rob Hyde1 min read
By Zoe StrimpelMy ironic Jewish holiday at an Austrian 'starvation camp'A stay at 'a medical health resort' with a severely restricted diet proves to be a mentally as well as physically challenging test3 min read
AustriaVienna spends £430,000 tilting statue of antisemitic mayor 3.5 degrees instead of ripping it downThe statue daubed with word ‘Shame’ has been a battleground for yearsBy Liam Hoare1 min read
NazisTwo charged after 'Hitler speeches' played on Austrian trainThe train operator said there had been several such incidents in recent daysBy Rob Hyde1 min read
AntisemitismAustria’s Turkish and Arabic speakers ‘more antisemitic' than the rest of the populationA majority of this section of society, 53 per cent, agreed with the statement that 'Jews control the global economy'By Liam Hoare1 min read
AustriaAustria offers more than a passport to my daughter ViolaA teenage footballer has a chance to shine —thanks to her great-grandparentsBy Adam Baron3 min read
Coalition deal with far-right Freedom Party is a ‘slap in the face for Austrian Jews’Political observers believe the state arrangement could be replicated at national level in the general election next yearBy Liam Hoare2 min read||March 23, 2023 11:05
Vienna’s UK embassy honours diplomats and clergy who saved Jews from NazisThe UK ambassador recently discovered her own grandmother escaped on the KindertransportBy Liam Hoare3 min read||March 7, 2023 14:12
Kreisky, Israel and Jewish Identity book review: Will the real Bruno please stand up?An intriguing and forensic new biography of the Jewish former Austrian chancellorBy Colin Shindler2 min read||January 12, 2023 18:00
Veteran Austrian Jewish journalist and Holocaust survivor Karl Pfeifer dies at 94Mr Pfeifer escaped from wartime Hungary and fought in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence before returning to his native AustriaBy Liam Hoare1 min read||January 9, 2023 16:19
Austria launches probe into ‘antisemitic’ mosqueThe Documentation Centre Political Islam has spent a year looking into the activities of the Islamic Association in AustriaBy Liam Hoare2 min read||December 15, 2022 12:35
New art installation inflames row over Vienna’s statue of antisemiteAttempt to defuse a long-running dispute about a statue of mayor lauded by Adolf Hitler backfires as protesters claim it 'colourfully window-dresses' Jew hatredBy Liam Hoare2 min read||October 27, 2022 12:56
Book review: Endless Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth - A doomed, drunk wandering geniusKeiron Pim's biography of one of the greatest writers of the 20th century is a dark story, movingly toldBy David Herman2 min read||October 14, 2022 14:11
Young Austrian volunteers serve and say ‘never again’1,300 young people have taken part in the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service programme.By Liam Hoare1 min read||October 6, 2022 11:33
Book review: Saving Freud - Friends who saved the reluctant refugeeFather of psychoanalysis comes alive again in this book through the eyes of people who cared deeply that he should surviveBy Stephen Frosh2 min read||August 5, 2022 14:48
