Tag: Mauthausen
Police are looking for witnesses – Unknown speeder killed pedestrian and fled
On Easter Sunday around 2:30 p.m. an older couple wanted to cross the B3 near Abwinden (municipality of Luftenberg). Suddenly a car came speeding along, hit the woman (86) in…
Hartheim Castle – How a “place of death” builds bridges to the present
where is hellHartheim Castle was converted into a horrible killing center during the National Socialism, in which mentally ill and disabled people, but also concentration camp inmates, “sick, invalids who…
Commemoration at the Loiblpass – 2025 will be the “Year of Remembrance Culture”
The stories of suffering and death, but also stories of courageous resistance and survival were the themes on Saturday, June 10, at the commemoration of the Nazi victims in the…
Tennis in the live ticker – Dominic Thiem against Dino Prizmic – LIVE
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Despite the signs – drivers overlooked the construction site and ended up in a pit
Curious car accident in Mauthausen (Upper Austria). A 23-year-old from Linz had overlooked a construction site and a little later ended up in a pit, unable to move forward or…
Nazi symbols tattooed – “Mauthausen opened my eyes”
Hitler pictures in the apartment, Nazi symbols on the body: why do you do that? “Out of stupidity,” said an accused Salzburger (39) at his trial on Monday. After a…
Printed or e-book – Brand new books for exciting reading evenings
In the mirror of history – Georg MarkusAffairs, destinies, moments of happiness … are the ones that make people hold their breath. For his new book, bestselling author Georg Markus…
Railroad closure necessary – ended up in a water catchment basin with a car
A serious traffic accident near a level crossing in Mauthausen in Upper Austria made it necessary to close the ÖBB route on Saturday evening. An elderly couple had landed in…
“Peace, Freedom” – Mauthausen commemoration in the context of the Ukraine war
The liberation of the camp by US troops 77 years ago was commemorated at the Mauthausen concentration camp memorial on Sunday. This year’s event was also marked by the Ukraine…
In Mauthausen – concentration camp commemoration: Belarus wants to ignore please
“We ask you not to come”“We didn’t unload them, but we ask them not to come,” explained the chairman of the Austrian Mauthausen Committee, Willi Mernyi, on Tuesday. After the…
“Destroyed diversity” – anti-Semitism warning at Mauthausen memorial ceremony
Delegations from numerous countries commemorated the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp on Sunday. The chairman of the Mauthausen Committee Austria, Willi Mernyi, insisted on the lasting validity of the…
“Low point reached” – Hitler speech played at demo in Mauthausen
The Upper Austrian police broke up a registered rally in Mauthausen on Friday afternoon because the organizer played a speech by Adolf Hitler. The demo should actually have been a…