https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A descendent of the Austrian branch of the prominent Rothschild family has claimed an early victory in his court battle over a medical trust set up by his ancestors, seized by the Nazis, and now run by the City of Vienna. https://www.thelocal.at/20201114/rothschild-descendant-makes-early-win-in-legal-battle-with-vienna Sat, 14 Nov 2020 14:23:23 +0100 rothschild-descendant-makes-early-win-in-legal-battle-with-vienna Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen warned against "the politics of scapegoating" on Thursday as his country marked the 80th anniversary of the Nazis' anti-Semitic Kristallnacht pogrom. https://www.thelocal.at/20181109/austrian-president-warns-against-scapegoating-on-anniversary-of-nazi-pogrom Fri, 09 Nov 2018 11:10:54 +0100 austrian-president-warns-against-scapegoating-on-anniversary-of-nazi-pogrom Rumours that two Afghan men had been arrested carrying knives outside a synagogue in Vienna were being denied by Austrian police on Saturday evening. https://www.thelocal.at/20161224/rumours-of-afghan-knifemen-at-synagogue-denied-by-police Sun, 25 Dec 2016 00:06:24 +0100 rumours-of-afghan-knifemen-at-synagogue-denied-by-police After months of work Eisenstadt’s Jewish Museum has completed a project to document and digitize graves in the city’s old Jewish cemetery. https://www.thelocal.at/20151027/over-1000-jewish-graves-digitized-in-eisenstadt Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:14:46 +0100 over-1000-jewish-graves-digitized-in-eisenstadt A Jewish resident of Vienna's second district was ordered to remove an Israeli flag that was shown inside the window of his apartment, or face eviction, according to Austrian media reports. https://www.thelocal.at/20150526/landlord-orders-israeli-flag-removal Tue, 26 May 2015 20:52:53 +0200 landlord-orders-israeli-flag-removal In ‘Paper Love,’ Sarah Wildman searches for her grandfather’s pre-war love. https://www.thelocal.at/20141028/the-girlfriend-he-left-in-vienna-in-1939 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 23:45:00 +0100 the-girlfriend-he-left-in-vienna-in-1939 Jaques Broch was eight years old when he left Vienna in 1939, on the last train to England. https://www.thelocal.at/20140917/1939-leaving-vienna-on-the-last-train-to-england Wed, 17 Sep 2014 19:25:00 +0200 1939-leaving-vienna-on-the-last-train-to-england Dr Danielle Spera had a high profile career working as a journalist with the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, the ORF. She is now the director of the Jewish Museum Vienna - and has taken the transition from TV celebrity to museum board room in her stride. https://www.thelocal.at/20140825/jewish-museum-dealing-with-recent-history Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:26:00 +0200 jewish-museum-dealing-with-recent-history A group of Holocaust survivors who escaped Nazi-occupied Austria will be visiting Vienna in September at the invitation of the city’s Jewish Welcome Service. https://www.thelocal.at/20140812/holocaust-survivors-to-visit-vienna Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:25:00 +0200 holocaust-survivors-to-visit-vienna According to an article in Der Standard newspaper, the University of Vienna plans to set up an interdisciplinary Chair in the Yiddish language and Yiddish studies. https://www.thelocal.at/20140611/vienna-university-endows-chair-of-yiddish-studies Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:30:00 +0200 vienna-university-endows-chair-of-yiddish-studies