New Stones of Remembrance in Front of the Uniqua Headquarters

Mein Bezirk, October 4, 2024

German original: https://www.meinbezirk.at/leopoldstadt/c-lokales/neue-steine-der-erinnerung-vor-der-uniqua-zentrale_a6933119

Four “Stones of Remembrance” and a memorial plaque were unveiled in front of the Uniqua headquarters in Leopoldstadt, commemorating the fate of 56 Jewish victims of Nazism. The initiative is part of the “Path of Remembrance” in the 2nd district and is supported by Uniqua to promote historical reappraisal at the location.

VIENNA/LEOPOLDSTADT. Four new “Stones of Remembrance” were unveiled in front of the Uniqa headquarters. These are part of the “Path of Remembrance”, a project of the “Stones of Remembrance” association, which commemorates the fate of Jewish victims of National Socialism.

In the presence of Roswitha Hammer and Daliah Hindler, representatives of the association, and René Knapp, member of the management board of the Uniqa Group, a memorial plaque was also attached to the building at Untere Donaustraße 27.

Coming to terms with history

Both new memorials draw attention to the fate of the 56 Jewish people who once lived at Untere Donaustraße 23, 25 and 27 and were deported from there to Nazi extermination camps.

UNIQA is supporting the campaign as part of its long-term efforts to come to terms with the history of its location. “In addition to the ‘Namensturm’, which has been lit since 2018 and commemorates the anniversary of the so-called ‘Reichspogromnacht’, supporting this project is also an expression of how we see ourselves as an international company that is opposed to any form of exclusion, racism and violence,” explained René Knapp at the opening.

The accompanying historical-biographical research was carried out by Albena Zlatanova and Wolfgang Gasser, historians at the “National Fund of the Republic of Austria for the Remembrance of the Victims of National Socialism” under the direction of Hannah Lessing.