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Official Commemoration of November Pogroms Overshadowed by Protests Against Walter Rosenkranz
Vienna remembers the November pogroms of 1938: a moving light installation and memorial events at the Shoah Wall of Names commemorate the more than 65,000 Jewish victims in Austria. However, the official commemoration was overshadowed by controversy when National Council President Walter Rosenkranz (FPÖ) met with resistance.
The parliament commemorates the 86th anniversary of the November pogroms against the Jewish population in the Third Reich with a light installation on the House façade. 65,000 dots on LED panels form "November pogroms 1938" and "Never forget". / Picture: © Parlamentsdirektion/Michael Buchner
On November 9 and 10, the 86th anniversary of the November pogroms, the Austrian parliament will be illuminated in a special light installation. Thousands of dots on LED panels form the words “November pogroms 1938” and “Never forget” to commemorate the 65,000 Jewish children, women, and men who were deported from Austria and murdered during the Nazi regime. The exhibition…
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