Ceremonial Opening of 6 Stations of Remembrance in Neubau
In the small Andreaspark, Ms. Roswitha Hammer welcomes the people to the ceremony.
She introduces the walking route and the family members (from Israel, USA., Spain, U.K., and Vienna).
The event is accompanied by Avanim performing the songs “Lemaan Achai Vereai,” “Tumbalalaika,” and “Volt ikh gehat koyekh.”
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Anna Babka, Chair of the Neubau Cultural Commission, and Isabelle Uhl, Deputy District Mayor, represent the district.
Ms. Babka welcomes all those present, especially the relatives, with a heartfelt speech.
Richtergasse 9
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Margit Heise commemorates Karoline and Leopold Schwab, her great-grandparents, and Margarete Schwab, her great-aunt.
Three generations of the Heise family from Vienna share the reasons behind this stone of remembrance.
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Zollergasse 14
Initiated by: Orna Grinberg, her granddaughter from Israel
Unfortunately, Orna Grinberg was unable to attend. Daliah Hindler reads the text on her behalf.
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Kandlgasse 32
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The stone was initiated by: Gaby Volé from Israel
Gaby and his wife Elaina, their daughter Ariella with her husband Solly from Tel Aviv,
Benjamin, their son from Barcelona with his wife Shira and his daughters Naomi, Lily, and Daphne, and their son Michael from Boston, USA, traveled a long way to commemorate together.
All family members take turns telling the story of the Wulweks.
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Westbahnstraße 56
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Peter Schuller from Edinburgh commemorates his grandparents, his father, and his aunt.
On our way, we pass the school his father attended as a child.
Urban-Loritz-Platz 1
Initiated by: Linda Sokolski for her grandparents, mother and aunt
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Linda Sokolski, her husband Peter Pizzuti, and their daughter from the U.S. are participating. The Münz family was expelled from Gmünd in Lower Austria and lived on Urban-Loritz-Platz just before their deportation.
Videos: Lessons learned from survivors , Gertrude (Münz) and Robert Sokolski:
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Mariahilfer Str. 112
Initiated by Karen Ford (USA) for her great-aunt.
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In attendance are Karen Ford and her family from the USA, who had previously had plaques placed at this site. Now the last family member could also be added.
Thankfully, residents of the building opened the entrance gate so we could take shelter in the passageway from the thunderstorm and the pouring rain. Following Karen Ford’s speech, Austrian eyewitness Eveline Elisabeth März spoke about her personal connection to this house, where friends of the family, who had helped them flee, had lived.
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The stations are illustrated and described in this new accompanying brochure. |