National Fund publishes the call to tender for the new Austrian Auschwitz exhibition
Press Release of April 29, 2013 The call to tender for the renewal of the Austrian exhibition at the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, which first opened in 1978, will be published throughout Europe in May 2013. In a first step, the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, which has been entrusted with this undertaking, shall publish a call to tender for a Curator and a Scientific Director in cooperation with the Federal Chancellery. They shall be responsible for drawing up a concept for the exhibition in terms of its content. The call to tender for the exhibition design work shall be published at a later date. more... National Fund publishes the call to tender for the new Austrian Auschwitz exhibition
The National Fund is issuing a call to tender for the renewal of the Austrian national exhibition at Auschwitz
The tender documents regarding the positions of Curator and Scientific Director for the redesign of the Austrian exhibition at the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau became available on 14 May 2013. more... The National Fund is issuing a call to tender for the renewal of the Austrian national exhibition at Auschwitz
"Austria in Auschwitz"
The Coordination of the Redesign of the Austrian Memorial Site in the Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau by the National Fund more... "Austria in Auschwitz"
New Exhibition - Update
Information on the present state of the Redesign of the Austrian Exhibition at the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau more... New Exhibition - Update
Mounting a new banner
During the ceremonies held at the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau marking the 68th anniversary of the liberation, on 27 January 2013 a new banner was mounted at the entrance to the Austrian national exhibition in Block 17 of the memorial. more... Mounting a new banner
An Agreement on Austria's contribution to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation has been signed
On 10th October 2012 in Warsaw, the Secretary General of the National Fund, Mag. Hannah M. Lessing, and the Director of the Auschwitz Foundation, Dr. Piotr Cywiński, signed an Agreement on the upkeep of the memorial site. more... An Agreement on Austria's contribution to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation has been signed
Amendment to the National Fund Law Provides Funding for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial
The former concentration camp and present State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau is the most important international memorial to the crimes of the Shoah on the site of a former extermination camp. It is therefore also of vital importance to Austria that it be preserved for posterity. more... Amendment to the National Fund Law Provides Funding for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial
Academic Advisory Board formed for the Redesign of the Austrian Memorial Site at Auschwitz-Birkenau
English translation of the OTS press release of 25 November 2009 The Academic Advisory Board convened in the Austrian Parliament yesterday. The Board is to assist in the redesign of the so called Austrian pavilion in the former concentration camp and present museum Auschwitz-Birkenau. The ten member committee is composed of experts from relevant fields of expertise such as Holocaust research, memorial site education and the culture of remembrance. The members appointed honorary professor Dr. Wolfgang Neugebauer, the former director of the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance, as their chairman. more... Academic Advisory Board formed for the Redesign of the Austrian Memorial Site at Auschwitz-Birkenau
Further Links
Here you can find links with further information on the Polish State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau and on the Austrian national exhibition located there. more... Further Links