The 84th Anniversary of the November Pogroms in Austria

PeopleOther ♦ Published: November 9, 2022; 22:57 ♦ (Vindobona)

On the 84th anniversary of the November pogroms, representatives of the Republic commemorated the victims with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Shoah Name Wall Memorial in Ostarrichipark. In addition to Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen and the head of government, almost all members of the government took part.

Commemoration and wreath-laying at the Shoah Name Wall Memorial and at the Memorial to the Austrian Jewish Victims of the Shoah. / Picture: © www.bundespraesident.at / Carina Karlovits / HBF

Additionally, all members of the government as well as National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka and Bundesrat President Korinna Schumann were present. On the opposition side, SPÖ leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner, FPÖ member Harald Stefan and NEOS member Helmut Brandstätter were represented. August Wöginger and Sigrid Maurer, heads of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and the Green…