KZ GUSEN MEMORIAL COMMITTEE

within ARBEITSKREIS FUER HEIMAT-, DENKMAL- UND GESCHICHTSPFLEGE
and Local-International Platform ST. GEORGEN/GUSEN, Austria

KZ Mauthausen-GUSEN Info-Pages

Local-International Commemoration
May 10, 2003

Weekend Overview

Students from "Stiftsgymnasium Seitenstetten" contributed their perfomance "Obstacles on our Way towards Peace". Mr. Fjodor Solodovnik, Russian survivor of KZ Gusen I, giving his speech. Mr. Gunther Truebswasser, member of the Upper Austrian provicial assembly, giving his commemorative address.
Youngsters form Sesto San Giovanni and Empoli contributed to this years´ commemoration too (in the upper right corner: Ms. Biffi, the president of ANED di Sesto San Giovanni).
Friday, May 9, 2003
  • 07:30 p.m. Reception of Delegations by the Community of Langenstein

Saturday, May 10, 2003
  • 05:30 p.m. Local-International Commemoration
Young Austrians giving flowers of friendship to survivors and their families. The Teachers´ Choir of the District of Perg accompanied the local-international commemoration. Mr. Nedo Nencioni, former president of ANED Sezione di Empoli and survivor of KZ Ebensee, inmidst of hundreds of participants from Italy.

We thank the following organizations and individuals for their financial support:

Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior
Oesterreichische Lagergemeinschaft Mauthausen and Mauthausen Komitee Oesterreich
Province of Upper Austria
Community of Langenstein
Community of St. Georgen/Gusen
Ms. Maria Hois
Ms. Erika Sobczyk

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Most recent updates of this page were made on
2005-10-29 by Rudolf A. HAUNSCHMIED,
Martha GAMMER, Siegi WITZANY-DURDA and
Jan-Ruth MILLS