Why Austria could be proud – Diepresse.com
Monika Sommer is director of the House of History and exactly the right one to talk to her about the 2025 commemoration. We remember 80 years end of the war, 80 years of the second republic, 70 years of state contract. A long period of time can also be seen from the fact that the contemporary witnesses are slowly lost.
Monika Sommer, director of the House of History since 2018, which has been located on Heldenplatz since 2018. The official Austria is leaving something with great celebrations this year, which is mainly due to the fact that the current government is so young and nobody took care of planning the celebrations early enough. Unlike around 2018 to commemorate 100 years of the first republic. Monika Sommer says, with all criticism of certain developments in the country, « you could now be proud to be a democracy for a long time. » And: « You could take the 80th anniversary as an opportunity to ask yourself what will this republic stand for in the future. » Our character budget as a democratic republic is relatively limited. « We find it exciting to think about what Austria could give for his 80th birthday. »
Interest in the time of National Socialism is still great among the young visitors in the HDG, she says. Even if the Middle East conflict has noticeably found its way into everyday school life since October 7, 2023 and also visits to the House of History and you can often read and hear anti -Semitic comments or postings.
The new history magazine « The Second Republic: Austria from 1945 » will be released on April 30th, written by Günther Haller. You can pre -order it here by 12.99 or 14.99 euros.
Guest: Monika Sommer, Director House of History
Host: Anna Wallner
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