March 1938 marked the start of a race against time for Austrian Jews. Some Viennese Jewish women sought to escape through marriages of convenience with foreign citizens. The marriages were concluded on paper, be it out of solidarity or against payment, to enable these women to reach a country where Jews were not (yet) persecuted. … Lire la suite
« Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Wednesday, 11 Apr 17:00, Museum Dorotheergasse Since 1951, Yom HaShoah has been celebrated in Israel on 27 Nissan in commemoration of the victims of the Shoah and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Every year, Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, organizes a memorial ceremony attended by members of the government. … Lire la suite