Vienna (OTS) – 15 college students and apprentices from the Vöcklabruck space carried out a memorial venture known as “MemoryWalk” along with the Anne Frank Home and the Mauthausen Committee Vöcklabruck. Zipf Brewery denied that younger individuals had entry to the stays of the focus camp sub-camp construction on their firm premises. The Austrian Mauthausen Committee (MKÖ) strongly condemns this. “For us, the blocking perspective of the administration is totally unbelievable,” affirms MKÖ president Willi Mernyi.
“For years, the brewery has refused to interact in a complete and open investigation into the historical past of the Zipf subcamp,” he stated. Rudolf Loidl, Deputy Chairman of the Mauthausen Vöcklabruck Committee. Gasoline for V2 rockets was produced within the basement of the brewery beneath the code identify “Schlier”. The nozzle drive checks have been additionally held there. Components of the tunnels and the take a look at ramp have been preserved to at the present time and are positioned on the corporate’s premises. The brewery has restricted entry to the historic websites for years, besides annually. A bunch of scholars and apprentices from the Vöcklabruck space was additionally lately denied entry to the reserved sources, despite the fact that the Mauthausen Committee had highlighted the significance of the venture in a letter to the administration.
The younger individuals needed to compile paperwork about focus camp subcamps within the space together with the Anne Frank Home and the Mauthausen Committee in Vöcklabruck. The 4 memorial websites Lenzing, Zipf, Vöcklabruck and Attnang-Puchheim have been ready for social networks. The enthusiastic younger individuals acquired intensive assist from varied organizations and corporations. However not from Zipf Brewery.
“Sadly, the brewery has lengthy been conspicuous by its lack of historic consciousness and method,” Loidl says. A number of years in the past, an commercial from the corporate prompted a stir: individuals in a blue and white striped jail uniform promoting Zipfer beer.
Many corporations now not dwell on the previous and are serving to to cope with the Nazi period. Sadly, Zipf Brewery is a notable exception right here. Till now, regardless of no less than 20 years of effort, no resolution has been discovered to enhance entry to the stays of the take a look at facility.
Willi Mernyi: “We wish a fast reconsideration from the administration and we anticipate them to be prepared to work collectively sooner or later!” In our democratic society, a accountable firm can not merely ignore the darkish chapters of historical past.”
The MKÖ president additionally makes use of the case as a possibility to request a legislation that successfully protects locations that commemorate Nazi terror and ensures public entry together with corresponding info boards. “Within the spirit of correct remembrance of the Nazi victims, such a legislation is lengthy overdue. The Ministry of the Inside should act rapidly! ” stated Mernyi.
Questions & Contact:
Please contact Frederik Schmidsberger, spokesperson for the Mauthausen Committee Vöcklabruck (Telephone 0664 / 614 51 19) or MKÖ board member Dr. Robert Eiter (Tel. 0664/823 79 79)!
