US EditionDozens Protest Austrian Parliament Event Honoring Antisemite
About 200 protesters opposed the event honoring Nazi party member Franz Dinghofer, with critics condemning it as anti-Semitic and damaging to Austria's historical memory.
- On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, about 200 protesters gathered in Vienna to oppose a Dinghofer event inside parliament hosted by Walter Rosenkranz, which critics denounced as anti-Semitic.
- The controversy stems from the symposium's namesake, Franz Dinghofer, who was a Nazi party member and vice chancellor, and the event took place days after the Kristallnacht anniversary, while more than a dozen historians last week condemned parliament's honor.
- The Jewish Austrian Students' Union organized a counter-symposium outside parliament, with Lia Guttmann saying `Dinghofer was an anti-Semite and a Nazi party member during WWII` and protesters holding placards that read 'Shame'.
- The Freedom Party responded by rejecting the criticism as a smear campaign and defending Dinghofer's legacy, while the People's Party and the Greens criticised the symposium for harming parliamentary dignity, and Walter Rosenkranz defended proceeding despite historians' objections.
- The episode matters for the Freedom Party's standing, since Walter Rosenkranz, first far-right speaker, was elected after the Freedom Party topped polls last year and Austria's main Jewish organisation refuses to cooperate with him.
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Dozens protest at 'anti-Semitic' event in Austria's parliament
An event in Vienna hosted by Austria's first far-right parliamentary speaker on Tuesday was denounced by critics as anti-Semitic, with around 200 protestors gathered in front of the parliament building, according to an AFP journalist.
Historians see Franz Dinghofer as a declared anti-Semite. Jewish high school students organize a protest symposium. National Council President Rosary defends the ceremony.
The FPÖ is holding its controversial event in parliament and thus upholding the memory of an anti-Semite and National Socialist: Honor for a Nazi or unprecedented forgery of history?
An event for the speaker of the Austrian parliament is facing controversy. A gathering of around 200 people in Vienna protested against the event commemorating a politician with a Nazi past.
Manifestant holding a "Honte" sign in front of Parliament, where a tribute is being paid to Nazi politician Franz Dinghofer in Vienna, Austria, on 11 November 2025. JOE KLAMAR/AFP Around 200 people gathered in Vienna on Tuesday 11 November to protest the organisation by the far right president of the National Council, the lower house of Parliament, of an event in memory of a Nazi politician. Defying the appeals of historians, the President of th…
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