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Local-International Commemoration
May 7, 2005

A commemorative plaque was dedicated and inaugurated by veterans of the 11th Armored Division at this years´ local-international commemoration at Gusen.

Weekend Overview

A Polish band from Warszawa-Rembertowie accompanied the commemoration under the direction of Colonel Julian Kwiatkowski. Members of the 11th Armored Division that liberated the concnetration camps at Gusen and Mauthausen on May 5, 1945 came back to Gusen 60 years later. From left to right: Colonel Ardery, Harry C. Sunders, LeRoy Peterson, Vince Mahler Survivors of KZ Gusen repeatedly thanked liberators like Colonel Ardery.
KZ Gusen II survivor Karl Littner giving an interview for Austrian National Television (ORF) in front of the former "Bergkristall" main entrance at St. Georgen/Gusen.
Friday, May 6, 2005
  • 08:00 p.m. Lecture by Professor Dr. Helmut Wagner on recent research findings about Dr. Johann (Papa) Gruber - one of the Saints of Gusen

Saturday, May 7, 2005
  • 09:30 a.m. Guided tours to remnants of the KZ Gusen concentration camps

  • 03:30 p.m. Inauguration of new commemorative plaque of the 11th Armored Division and conferring of orders by the Austrian Federal Minister of the Interior to 11th Ard Div veterans.

  • 05:30 p.m. Local-International Commemoration

  • 07:30 p.m. Reception of survivors by the Community of Langenstein
Colonel Ardery giving his speech to the participants. Mrs. Liese Prokop, the new Austrian Federal Minister of the Interior, decorated the participating liberators with high ranking Austrian orders. KZ Gusen I survivor Pierre Serge Choumoff thanking Harry C. Saunders again for liberating the camps 60 years ago.

We thank the following organizations for their financial support:

Arbeiterkammer (AK) Oberoesterreich
Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior
"Die Gruenen" Oberoesterreich
Dioezesanfinanzkammer (DFK) Linz, Bishop Dr. Maximilian Aichern
Erzbischoefliches Sekretariat Wien, Archbishop Dr. Christoph Schoenborn
"Klub der Sozialdemokratischen Landtagsabgeordneten", Oberoesterreich
Oesterreichische Kontrollbank
Oesterreichische Lagergemeinschaft Mauthausen and Mauthausen Komitee Oesterreich
Oesterreichische Lotterien
Oesterreichische Mineraloelverwaltung (OMV)
Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB)
Oesterreichische Post AG
Portisch GmbH, Dr. Hugo Portisch
Voest Alpine AG
Mr. Karl Affenzeller
Mr. Vincent J. Mahler
Ms. Jana Mueller

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2005-10-21 by Rudolf A. HAUNSCHMIED,
Martha GAMMER, Siegi WITZANY-DURDA and
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