Austrian Remembrance Service Turns 30

Lifestyle & TravelCulture ♦ Published: September 1, 2022; 23:15 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Gedenkdienst or Austrian Remembrance Service is an Austrian voluntary service celebrating its 30th anniversary since its launch. The Gedenkdienst deals with the causes and consequences of National Socialism and its crimes in Austria and the world and tries to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust in a dignified way.

The Remembrance Service or Gedenkdienst is commemorating the victims of National Socialism and the related awareness-raising and educational work. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Christian Michelides, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the Austrian Remembrance Service, Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg gave the opening speech at a ceremony in Parliament on September 1, 2022.

The Remembrance Service or Gedenkdienst is a voluntary service in which young Austrians are involved abroad in promoting the memory of the victims of National Socialism…