Program Commemoration ceremonies

YESTERDAY-TODAY-TOMORROW – A literary and musical evening to inspire courage

Cultural and commemoration event in remembrance of the 'Mühlviertler Menschenhatz' (Mühlviertel Manhunt) with Michael KOEHLMEIER, author; Katharina STEMBERGER, actress, and Gregor SEBERG, actor.

With accounts of the 'Mühlviertler Hasenjagd' (Mühlviertel Rabbit Hunt). With stories about people fleeing today. With stories about not equating but comparing, about big and small steps, and large and small indignations. With music that will make you reflect, stand up and join in.

The musical accompaniment for the evening will be provided by Tonfabrik and Christian BUCHINGER.

Following the trail of the 'Mühlviertler Menschenhatz' (Mühlviertel Manhunt)

Contemporary history walk in partnership with Mauthausen Memorial (KZ-Gedenkstätte Mauthausen)

Speakers: Activists from Perspektive Mauthausen (Mauthausen Perspectives) and employees from Mauthausen Memorial

Meeting point: Visitor Centre of Mauthausen Memorial

Commemoration ceremony 'Never again! 80th anniversary of the Mühlviertler Menschenjagd (Mühlviertel Manhunt)'

the municipalities of the Untere Feldaist region

Commemoration speech: Andreas GRUBER, director and writer

Pupils from the Neue Mittelschule Pregarten middle school and media technology students from HTL Perg Medientechnik polytechnic college will be taking part in the commemoration ceremony.

Panel discussion on the 'Mühlviertler Menschenhatz' (Mühlviertel Manhunt)

in the presence of contemporary witness Anna HACKL

Panellists: Matthias KALTENBRUNNER, historian; Sabine SCHATZ, member of the Nationalrat; Walter HOFSTAETTER, Chairman of Perspektive Mauthausen; Gudrun BLOHBERGER, Educational Manager of Mauthausen Memorial

Moderator: Johannes REITTER, historian and journalist

The event is free to attend. There are a limited number of places. Registration is essential.

'Didn’t we say never again?' – commemoration ceremony at the Memorial for Peace

The commemoration ceremony at the Memorial for Peace remembers the victims of the 'Mühlviertler Menschenhatz' (Mühlviertel Manhunt).

'Remembering for the sake of the future'

Round table discussion with Marlene WOECKINGER, Mauthausen Memorial Education Team

Conference: 'Shift to the right in Europe: Why are right-wing parties so successful?'

'Faith-Work-Resistance'

Day of commemoration for the 80th anniversary of the death of Marcel Callo

Service in the chapel of the Mauthausen Memorial

Commemoration ceremony for all victims of the 'Southeast Wall' construction

COMMEMORATION WALK 2025: 80th anniversary of the liberation. 'Didn’t we say never again?' – Never again war. Never again fascism. Stand up for peace.

Commemoration ceremony in remembrance of the Jews murdered on the death marches from Mauthausen/Gusen to Gunskirchen at the steps of the basilica in Enns.

As part of the commemoration ceremony, Mauthausen Committee Enns is unveiling a new memorial to the 87 victims who were buried at the steps of the basilica.

Memorial Walk

in remembrance of the prisoners' march from their forced labour sites to the former concentration camp site

Commemoration ceremony at the site of the former Hinterbrühl Satellite Camp and Way of the Cross with prayers

Participants can visit five different stations as part of the Way of the Cross with varying themes and musical accompaniment.

Volksschule Ansfelden school commemoration ceremony

What happened at the Kremsbrücke 79 years ago? At the Kremsbrücke in Ansfelden, pupils remember those murdered on the death marches of the Jews from Mauthausen to Gunskirchen.

MEMORIAL WALK 2025: 80th anniversary of the liberation. 'Didn’t we say never again?' – Never again war. Never again fascism. Stand up for peace.

Given the political and social shift to the right and the rise in extreme right-wing attacks, in the spirit of ‘Never again’ we must ask ourselves: What can we do?

Commemoration ceremony in remembrance of the Jews murdered on the death marches from Mauthausen/Gusen to Gunskirchen at the Kremsbrücke next to Gasthaus Stockinger.

Commemoration ceremony for the victims of the St. Aegyd Satellite Camp

Memorial walk/Spominska Hoja for the victims of National Socialist justice in Klagenfurt

Meeting point: Burghof (castle courtyard) in Klagenfurt

'Together for peace – Never again war or fascism' – Vigil of the Catholic Austrian Student Association Riegersburg (MKV)

The vigil against neo-Nazism, violence and extremism will be held at the memorial to the victims of the Nazi death marches of 1945 in Fürstenfeld city park.

Speaker: Gerald L. GUSCHLBAUER
Musical accompaniment: Dr Peter J. HEINRICH

Liberation ceremony at the site of the former Lenzing Satellite Camp

With Silvia DINHOF-CUETO, Association in Remembrance of the Republican Spaniards in Austria

Commemoration ceremony at the site of the former Vienna Satellite Camp Saurerwerke

Film screening of 'Hasenjagd' (Rabbit Hunt)

with Andreas GRUBER, Screenwriter, film and TV director

Book reading: 'Komm über den See' (Come Across the Lake) (women in the Resistance)

with Elisabeth REICHART, author

'Komm über den See' (Come Across the Lake) tells the story of Ruth Berger, whose mother was broken by the consequences of her resistance in the Third Reich and who today tries to find ways of resisting against a male-dominated world.

Elisabeth REICHART uses recollections, associations and dreams to weave a poetically precise narrative that spans the past and the present day to create an intense reading experience.

Commemoration ceremony at the site of the former Redl-Zipf Satellite Camp

With former Federal Minister Rudolf ANSCHOBER and the participation of pupils from Neukirchen and Timelkam middle schools.

The ARGE Schlier organisation will be participating in the commemoration ceremony.

Festival of Joy

The Mauthausen Committee Austria (MKÖ) is organising the Festival of Joy for the thirteenth time in memory of the victims and to mark the joy of liberation from the Nazi reign of terror. This year, the Festival of Joy is dedicated to the main theme '80 Years of Liberation from National Socialism – Never Again and Peace in Europe.'

At the Festival of Joy, over the past 12 years, more than 128,000 visitors and online participants from all over the world have taken a strong stand for the establishment of a dignified commemoration on 8 May as the day of liberation.

Commemoration ceremony for the victims of National Socialism at the 'Fremdvölkisches Kinderheim' (Orphanage for Children of Alien Ethnicity)

International Youth Meeting

Commemoration ceremony at the site of the former St. Valentin Satellite Camp

Commemoration ceremony at the site of the former Ebensee Satellite Camp

Memorial walk at the 'Löwengang' (Lions’ Gate)

Wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial

Liberation ceremony at the site of the former Gunskirchen Satellite Camp

Welcome address: Christian SCHOEFFMANN, Mayor of Gunskirchen
Speaker: Cornelius OBONYA, actor

Gunskirchen middle school will be participating in the liberation ceremony.

Liberation ceremony at the site of the former Ebensee Satellite Camp

on the 80th anniversary of the liberation from National Socialism

Memorial speech by Robert SCHINDEL, lyricist, director and author

Liberation ceremony at the site of the former Gusen Satellite Camp

Ecumenical service

Commemoration ceremony for the social democrats murdered in Mauthausen Concentration Camp

Organiser: Bund Sozialdemokratischer Freiheitskämpfer:innen, Opfer des Faschismus und aktiver Antifaschist:innen (Federation of Social Democratic Freedom Fighters, Victims of Fascism and Active Anti-Fascists)

Commemoration ceremony at the Memorial to Roma and Sinti as part of the International Liberation Ceremony

As a result of many years of cooperation between the Cultural Association of Austrian Roma and the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg, the memorial was opened to the public in an official ceremony on 9 May 1998. Shortly before the end of the war, on 9 March 1945, 450 female Sinti and Roma and their children were transported from Ravensbrück to Mauthausen. The babies and children were murdered by the National Socialists as soon as they arrived.

Organiser: Kulturverein österreichischer Roma (Cultural Association of Austrian Roma)

International Liberation Ceremony 2025 on the theme of 'Didn’t we say never again?'

The International Liberation Ceremony will be held at the Mauthausen Concentration Camp Memorial to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Mauthausen Concentration Camp. As in previous years, the International Liberation Ceremony will start with a commemorative procession with an unlimited number of participants.

• The International Liberation Ceremony will start with the commemorative procession at 11:00 a.m.
• The formation of the delegations for the memorial procession will start at 10:20 a.m.
• The International Liberation Ceremony will begin with the reading of the 'Mauthausen Oath' by young people in several
• Contributions by Willi Mernyi, chairman of the Mauthausen Committee Austria, and CIM president Guy Dockendorf will form part of the commemoration.
• The International Liberation Ceremony will be hosted in several languages by actresses Mercedes Echerer and Konstanze Breitebner.

The theme of the Liberation Ceremony is 'Didn't we say never again?' Essentially, this year’s ceremony builds a bridge to the present.

On the day of the Liberation Ceremony, all wreaths must be delivered by 7:30 a.m. at the latest. To enter the grounds of the CC memorial site, you will need a delivery card (QR code for delivery). On the day before the Liberation Ceremony, wreaths can be delivered to the former 'Schutzhaftlager '(camp for protective custody) by no later than 4:30 p.m.

Commemoration ceremony in remembrance of the 'Mühlviertler Menschenhatz' (Mühlviertel Manhunt)

After the Liberation Ceremony at the Mauthausen Concentration Camp Memorial, there will be a commemoration of the victims of the 'Mühlviertel Manhunt' at the memorial in the town of Ried in der Riedmark.

Commemoration ceremony at the site of the former Amstetten Satellite Camp

There will be a wreath-laying ceremony and ecumenical prayers.

Speeches: Representatives of MKÖ and of the province of Lower Austria, representatives of Amicale de Mauthausen (Belgium)
Cultural and musical programme by Amstetten schools.

Commemoration ceremony at the site of the former Melk Satellite Camp

The commemoration ceremony for the victims of the Melk Satellite Camp, which is traditionally attended by survivors of the camp and their families, will focus in this anniversary year on the theme of 'Didn’t we say never again?'

Readings: Students of Melk Stiftsgymnasium grammar school
Musical composition: Melk Middle School for Music

Liberation ceremony at the site of the former Steyr Satellite Camp

Welcome address: Karl RAMSMAIER, Mauthausen Committee Steyr

Commemoration ceremony in Vöcklabruck

Wreath-laying ceremony at the concentration camp memorial at Attnang-Puchheim train station

Commemoration ceremony at the Memorial for Peace

We remember the dictatorial constraints imposed by the National Socialist regime, from which the US soldiers freed the region. We also recount the conditions under which the US Army handed many thousands of German soldiers over to the Soviets.

In the event of poor weather, the ceremony will take place under the roof of Fleischmanufaktur Riepl in Anton-Riepl-Straße.

Geh!Denk!Feier! (Walk!Think!Celebrate!)

In remembrance of the former Linz II Satellite Camp

Commemoration ceremony at the site of the former Dipoldsau Satellite Camp

Liberation ceremony at the site of the former Schloss Lind (Lind Castle) Satellite Camp

Karin REINPRECHT: Opening of 'BEIHILFE' (Assistance) exhibition

Music: NOREIA QUARTETT (Noreia Quartet)

18th March of Life in memory of the 250 Hungarian Jews who died in 1945

We will commemorate the 250 Hungarian Jews who died in 1945 and walk along their path together.

The meeting point is at 9:45 a.m. in the Präbichl Skiarena. At 10 a.m. the March of Life will lead via the Almhäuser to the memorial (approx. half an hour‘s walk).

Please bring a fist-sized stone in memory of the victims. Warm clothing and rain gear are recommended.

Commemoration ceremony at the memorial

in memory of the 250 Hungarian Jews who died in 1945

Talk: 'GeDenken: Mauthausen, Gusen – Hartheim – St. Radegund' ('Think and remember: Mauthausen, Gusen – Hartheim – St. Radegund')

Bishop Dr Manfred SCHEUER

Commemoration of the victims of the National Socialist tyranny

International commemoration ceremony at the site of the former Loibl-Nord Satellite Camp

The commemoration ceremony follows the tradition of trying to anchor this long 'forgotten' Mauthausen satellite camp in Carinthia’s and Austria’s cultural memory. Mauthausen Committee Carinthia/Koroška feels a moral duty towards the victims of Loiblpass Concentration Camps, to tell the story of their suffering and dying, but also to preserve their story of courageous resistance and survival with honour.

International Liberation Ceremony at the site of the former Loibl-Süd Satellite Camp

'Svobodni! Liberated! A Festival in Honour of Resistance/Praznujum upor'

Memorial Kärnten/Koroška invites you to a festival in Klagenfurt Cathedral Square.

Commemoration ceremony at the site of the former Bretstein Satellite Camp

Commemoration ceremony for the victims of St. Pantaleon-Weyer camp

Commemoration ceremony at the site of the former Floridsdorf Satellite Camp

Commemoration ceremony at the site of the former Wagna/Leibnitz/Aflenz Satellite Camp

Talk: 'My father, the deserter part II'

Conversation with Erhard GASSNER, contemporary witness

Following the trail of the Resistance – memorial walk around the Böndlsee lake

Commemoration of the victims of 2 July 1944

Memorial hike 'Summer 1944 – walk of remembrance'

To mark the 81st anniversary of the massacre of the civilian population by the National Socialists and fascists in the Italian Carnic Mountain pastures, we will hike to the memorial chapel on the Promoser Alm/Cra. Pramosio and on to Timau.

The trail leads via the Bischofalm, a section of the Karnischer Höhenweg (Carnic Peace Trail) and the Kronhofer Törl to the Promoser Alm – Malga di Pramosio (Italy). We will commemorate the innocent victims at the alpine chapel at 10 a.m. After a stop for refreshments at the Alm-Agriturismo mountain hut, we will descend to Timau/Tischlwang via the Plöckenstraße.

Meeting point: Weidenburg fire station at 5:30 a.m.

Please note: This is a long and steep hike. Adequate gear and fitness are required!

Register via telephone and bring a valid ID/passport.
Coordination: Hannes Guggenberger: +43 660 350 32 71

Commemoration ceremony for the victims of Nazi euthanasia at Hartheim Castle

Commemoration ceremony at the site of the former Ternberg Satellite Camp

remembering the victims of National Socialism

Music: Choir of Ternberg middle school and the 'Soulservice' band

Commemoration ceremony for the victims for a free Austria

The commemoration ceremony takes place in memory of the victims of the Nazi terror regime in Carinthia.

Silent act of remembrance

Remembering the executions of Alois Buder, August Egger, Karl Rupitsch and Kaspar Wind at Mauthausen Concentration Camp 81 years ago

Commemoration ceremony at the site of the former Hinterbrühl Satellite Camp on All Saints Day

Act of remembrance for the victims of the 'Fremdvölkisches Kinderheim' at Etzelsdorf Castle (Orphanage for Children of Alien Ethnicity)

To commemorate the '20 Jahre Erinnerungsarbeit' (20 years of Remembrance Work), we remember the children of Slavic forced labourers.

Wreath-laying ceremony and commemoration with musical accompaniment

March for peace for the victims of the Großraming Satellite Camp

Commemoration ceremony at the memorial in the roundabout with wreath-laying ceremony

New Year’s Eve commemoration ceremony at the site of the former Hinterbrühl Satellite Camp