"Never Again": Memorial Exhibition on the End of the War at Vienna's Heldenplatz

On the occasion of the liberation from National Socialism 80 years ago, the Mauthausen Committee Austria (MKÖ) is showing a commemorative exhibition at Vienna's Heldenplatz from May 5 to 9. Life-size portraits and quotes from concentration camp survivors as well as excerpts from the Mauthausen Oath are on display. One of the portrayed is Mark Olsky. He is one of the three "Mauthausen babies" born a few days before the liberation in the concentration camp or during the prisoner transport there.

Olsky will also be personally present at the opening of the exhibition on May 5 at 10:00 am The aim of the action is to perceive the voices of the survivors in public spaces and to make remembrance visible, according to the MKÖ in a press release. "We are grateful that we were able to make Heldenplatz a place of 'Never Again' on May 8 and that official Austria celebrates the liberation and the end of the Second World War," said Chairman Willi Mernyi.

The action is supported by the Jewish Community of Vienna, the Association for Commemorative Service, the Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance, and the initiative Now Make a Mark. On May 8, the Festival of Joy will take place at Heldenplatz, and on May 11, the International Liberation Ceremony will be held at the Mauthausen Memorial. Both events this year - as well as other concentration camp commemorations in Austria - are under the theme "For a Never Again and Peace in Europe".

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