The 'Vienna Model of Radicalization: Austria and the Shoah' exhibition at Heldenplatz investigates Vienna's pivotal function as a driver of antisemitic radicalization within the NS state. It highlights the organizational model for deporting Jewish populations and also addresses Jewish self-help initiatives and individual resistance. This open-air presentation critically examines post-war Austrian silence, underscoring the ongoing relevance of combating antisemitism and racism.
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This outdoor exhibition at Heldenplatz explores Vienna's pivotal role in the radicalization of antisemitism within the NS state, particularly focusing on the 'Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung' and its organization of deportations. It also highlights Jewish self-help, individual resistance, and the post-war silence surrounding the Shoah in Austria.
Marking the 80th anniversary of the first nationwide deportation transports in October 1941, the House of Austrian History presents the outdoor exhibition 'Das Wiener Modell der Radikalisierung. Österreich und die Shoah' (The Vienna Model of Radicalization: Austria and the Shoah) at Heldenplatz. This exhibition investigates Vienna's function as a driver of antisemitic radicalization within the NS state. It highlights how the 'Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung,' established in 1938 by Adolf Eichmann, developed the organizational model for deporting the Jewish population to ghettos, extermination camps, and killing sites in the East starting in 1941. The exhibition also addresses Jewish self-help initiatives and the courageous resistance of individuals, alongside a critical examination of the post-war Austrian silence concerning the Shoah, which benefited the perpetrators. Aimed at a broad audience, the open-air exhibition on the Republic's central square serves as a reminder that remembering the Shoah is a crucial mandate for contemporary and future society, underscoring the ongoing relevance of combating antisemitism and racism.
The exhibition is an outdoor installation at Heldenplatz and is accessible to a broad audience. Information regarding a publication related to the exhibition is available online or at the hdgö ticket counter; it is currently only available in English.
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