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21.3.2021. 23:27
Austrija
 

Israeli, Austrian presidents 

attend Holocaust remembrance ceremony in 

Vienna


Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen participated in a Holocaust-remembrance ceremony in Vienna on Wednesday.
The ceremony, held at the city’s monument to Holocaust victims in Judenplatz, was attended by local residents, Holocaust survivors and members of the Vienna Jewish community. The national anthems of both countries were played, and the chief rabbi of Vienna read the Kaddish prayer for mourners. 

Izraelski predsjednik Reuven Rivlin i austrijski predsjednik Alexander Van Bellen  su učestvovali na komemorativnoj svečanosti sjećanja na Holokaust. Ceremonija se održala kod spomenika žrtvama Holokausta na Judenplatzu,  a sudjelovali su građani, preživjeli Holokausta i članovi bečke židovske zajednice. Svirala se himna obje države,  a glavni rabin Beča čitao je kadiš. Predsjednici su položili vijence u ime države Izrael i Austrije i održali govore.

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..Turning to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the world, Rivlin said, “The global pandemic which has attacked us … has only emphasized our shared commitment and the need for human solidarity, caring, compassion. I cannot deny the joint global effort to fight the virus has given me hope—hope that we have, perhaps, learned a lesson about the overriding commitment to be there for one another in times of trouble.”

President Van der Bellen said, “Nazi anti-Semitism and racism did not fall from the sky. They were here before, buried deeply in Austrian society. The Holocaust was the dreadful peak. Therefore, it is our strong and commonly held desire, and even our duty, to oppose any resurgence of inhumanity, racism and anti-Semitism decisively and without compromise. 


Rivlin, who kicked off a diplomatic tour of Europe on Tuesday, held a working meeting earlier on Wednesday with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz. During the meeting, the president expressed gratitude for Austria’s commitment to fighting anti-Semitism with a new national strategy, and for its support for Israel with regard to the International Criminal Court.