Austria: Mayor dismantles anti-homeless benches

At an Austrian train station, wooden wedges were intended to keep homeless people away from public benches. The newly elected mayor has now publicly unscrewed them. In Dornbirn, Austria, mayor Markus Fäßler (SPÖ), elected in March, took matters into his own hands and removed wooden wedges from public benches. These had previously been installed to prevent homeless people from sleeping on the benches in front of the train station in the Vorarlber…

On May 8, 2025, the end of Nazi rule will be celebrated for the 80th time. We, too, would like to take this day as an opportunity to show how important memory culture is. In the second part of our issue, you will learn how contemporary memorial work can look and we will introduce you to the Association of Grandmas against Right. Since the Memorial Day in Berlin is a holiday, we will say goodbye to a short break. On Friday, there will be a full l…