“The Hungarian state turned local people into collaborators.”

A writer, essayist, and editor-in-chief of the Hungarian Jewish magazine 'Szombat', Gábor T. Szántó has spent several decades exploring the legacies of the Shoah, the...

By Liam Hoare

Francesca Albanese: the Rapporteur preaching to the choir

Last October, Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, published When the World Sleeps: Stories, Voices, and Wounds of Palestine...

By Liam Hoare

An Austrian Holocaust Museum: Time to Confront the Perpetrators

As Austria considers building a national Holocaust museum, such an endeveaour—if it is to matter at all—must confront Austria not only as a site of...

By Liam Hoare

The beginning of the end of Israel? A report from Vienna at the First Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress

From June 13 to 15, the first anti-Zionist Jewish congress was held in Vienna, aiming to give voice to fierce opponents of the Zionist abomination....

By Liam Hoare

Herbert Kickl, the far-right Freedom Party, and their vision for ‘Fortress Austria’ who failed, one step from power.

Who is Herbert Kickl, and what political project does he promise Austria? As the far-right FPÖ party, which won the last elections, prepares to take...

By Liam Hoare

“Talking About Jews Was Taboo”: An Interview with Ruth Beckermann

The documentary work of Ruth Beckermann (b. 1952) has played an important role in shaping Austria's relationship with its past. In this interview with the...

By Liam Hoare

The Austrian strategy for combating antisemitism. Part 2: the challenges of the “marathon” against antisemitism

In this latest instalment of our series, conceived in partnership with DILCRAH, on antisemitism in Europe, Liam Hoare looks at Austria's strategy for combating hatred...

By Liam Hoare

The Austrian strategy for combating antisemitism. Part 1: confronting the past and securing the future

In this latest instalment of our series on antisemitism in Europe, produced in partnership with DILCRAH, Liam Hoare looks at Austria's strategy for combating hatred...

By Liam Hoare

“100 Misunderstandings About and Among Jews” and Many More About the European Jewish Museum

After taking over the direction of the Jewish Museum in Vienna (JMW) on July 1, Barbara Staudinger and her team of curators had less than...

By Liam Hoare

Will The UK Holocaust Memorial Prove A Wasted Opportunity?

In 2015, the British Prime Minister David Cameron announced the construction of a new Holocaust memorial and world-class learning center. Since then, the project has...

By Liam Hoare

Austrian Jewish Students Find Their Voice

A Jewish student organization, generation after generation, has become an important voice in the Austrian national public debate, even to the point of swaying governments....

By Liam Hoare

Disgraced: Whither Vienna’s Monument to Karl Lueger?

Last year, a collective of Viennese artists and activists rekindled the debate over the statue of Karl Lueger, the antisemitic mayor of the Christian Social...

By Liam Hoare