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Archiv des Österreichischen Widerstands

TIME : 2016/2/18 16:10:40

Housed in the Altes Rathaus (Old City Hall), the Austrian Resistance Archive has a disturbing but highly worthwhile exhibition that documents with photos and other exhibits the little-known antifascist resistance force that operated during the Nazi regime; some 2700 resistance fighters were executed by the Nazis and thousands more sent to concentration camps.

The exhibition gives in-depth analysis of the Nazi doctrines on homosexuality, ‘unworthy’ citizens, concentration camps and forced labour, with many of the photos and memorabilia detailing the time before and after the Anschluss.