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July 1, 2026, 4:44 pm

Stefan Zweig, writer and exile, honoured with English Heritage blue plaque

Austrian Jew commemorated at London home included in Nazi ‘black book' committed suicide in Brazil in 1942

By Michelle Rosenberg

Undated BBC handout photo of glass artist Peter Layton, who has said it is a "total miracle" his Austrian-Jewish family escaped Nazi persecution before the outbreak of the Second World War. BBC/PA Wire

June 8, 2026, 11:13 am

Artist Peter Layton says it is ‘a total miracle’ his family escaped the Nazis

89-year old tells BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs: 'We caught the last train out in August, arrived here at the end of August, and war was declared a few days later, so it was a narrow escape'

By JN Reporter

Benno Kern appears in a scene from the immersive mixed-reality Holocaust education experience Benno’s Light.

June 4, 2026, 4:25 pm

Holocaust survivor’s story brought to life in new virtual reality experience

Claims Conference launches immersive project following Benno Kern from Vienna to Auschwitz and liberation

By Annabel Sinclair

Mili Li Rabinovich (left) and Lia Gutmann of the Austrian Union of Jewish Students (JöH), who said their Eurovision screening in Vienna required heavy police protection amid growing antisemitism concerns. Credit: Media Oriente

May 15, 2026, 12:58 pm

Austrian Jewish students forced to hold Eurovision screening under heavy police guard

Jewish student leaders in Vienna warn many now fear openly identifying as Jewish on campus

By Annabel Sinclair

The poster in Vienna calling for protest at Eurovision

May 7, 2026, 1:39 pm

Austria prepares for protest over Israel at Eurovision

Security around Jewish institutions in Austria is already among the highest in Europe, with armed protection commonplace outside synagogues, schools and major events

By Brigit Grant

Eva Schloss and her step-sister Anne Frank. Credit: Anne Frank Trust UK

January 4, 2026, 4:26 pm

Last of a generation: Auschwitz survivor and stepsister of Anne Frank, Eva Schloss dies aged 96

Family pays emotional tribute to 'devoted Holocaust educator, tireless in her work for remembrance, understanding and peace'

By Michelle Rosenberg

Clandestine weapons seized in Europe as coordinated raids target Hamas-linked operatives preparing to act “on command”. Credit: PMO

November 20, 2025, 11:55 am

British suspect linked to Hamas Europe network exposed by Mossad

UK arrest tied to weapons pipeline Mossad says was green-lit by senior Hamas figures based in Qatar

By Annabel Sinclair

Yuval Raphael representing Israel in Eurovision in Switzerland. Credit: Jens Buttner/dpa/Alamy Live News

October 14, 2025, 4:08 pm

Eurovision drops emergency vote on Israel’s inclusion after Gaza ceasefire

EBU shelves decision following release of hostages and an end to two-year conflict in Middle East

By Annabel Sinclair

October 10, 2025, 10:32 am

Austria may withdraw from hosting Eurovision 2026 if Israel is excluded

The reports follow Germany’s announcement that it would leave the competition if Israel is boycotted

By Grace Gilson (JTA)

September 11, 2024, 4:53 pm

OPINION: What we face today is the “Israelification” of antisemitism

Children are taught to hate from a young age, perpetuating a cycle of violence and prejudice that pushes any hope of peace even further away, says Dov Forman to the Austrian Parliament

By Dov Forman

May 16, 2024, 1:59 pm

Kindertransport refugee and priest Francis Wahle dies, aged 94

Baptised as a child, the Catholic minister only discovered his Jewish ancestry when he was forced to flee the Nazis in Vienna

By Michelle Rosenberg

January 10, 2024, 12:12 pm

Holocaust survivor George Vulkan dies, aged 94

Tributes to refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria who fled to Paris before settling in the UK

By Michelle Rosenberg

(Askin Kiyagan/Anadolu via Getty Images)

December 13, 2023, 1:01 pm

Austrian teen arrested for alleged plan to attack Vienna synagogue

Authorities in Austria have increased security for synagogues and other Jewish and Israeli institutions

By Jacob Gurvis (JTA)

Trains in Vienna. The national railway company ÖBB ruled out a cyber-attack on the train’s intercom system. Photograph: Ronald Zak/AP

May 15, 2023, 2:07 pm

Two charged after Hitler speeches played over train intercom in Austria

The two suspects, who were not identified, also allegedly shouted 'Heil Hitler' over the train’s intercom several times

By Jewish News Reporter

Rebbetzin Yemima Mizrahi from Jerusalem, addressing European rebbetzin in the Great Synagogue of Vienna. Twitter @europeanrabbis

March 24, 2023, 11:33 am

Head of conference of European rabbis deletes his tweet of support for mother denied access to her children

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt's sympathetic post for Beth Alexander has disappeared from social media platform

By Michelle Rosenberg

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