Andreas Maislinger and Branko Lustig at the LAMOTH 2nd Annual Dinner (2) cropped

Andreas Maislinger (born 26 February 1955 in St. Georgen near

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ...

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) is an Austrian historian and political scientist and

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and chairman of the

Austrian Service Abroad The Austrian Service Abroad is a non-profit organization founded by Andreas Hörtnagl, Andreas Maislinger and Michael Prochazka in 1998, which sends young Austrians to work in partner institutions worldwide serving Holocaust commemoration in f ...

, including the

Gedenkdienst Gedenkdienst is the concept of facing and taking responsibility for the darkest chapters of one's own country's history while ideally being financially supported by one's own country's government to do so. Founded in Austria in 1992 by Andreas M ...

, the Austrian Social Service and the

Austrian Peace Service {{unreferenced, date=April 2011 The Austrian Peace Service is one of the three sections of the non-profit organisation Austrian Service Abroad and offers a 6-12 months voluntary service at its partner institutions. Male Austrians may accredit thei ...

. He also is the founder of the

Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award The Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award (AHMA) was founded by the Austrian Service Abroad in 2006. Meaning The prize is annually conferred to a person, a group of individuals or an institution, which has shown special endeavors for the memory ...

, the

Braunau Contemporary History Days The Braunau Contemporary History Days are a series of conferences organised by the ''association for contemporary history''. Scientifically guided by Andreas Maislinger, it has annually taken place in Braunau am Inn since 1992. History During t ...

and the inventor of the idea of the

House of Responsibility The House of Responsibility (HRB) in Braunau am Inn is the idea of establishing an international meeting place and a place of learning in the birth house of Adolf Hitler. People from all countries, backgrounds, religions and cultures should meet in ...

regarding the birthplace of Adolf Hitler.

Studying and learning

Maislinger studied law and

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

in Salzburg and political science and eastern-European history in

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, with study visits in, amongst others,

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

and

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

. During his studies in Salzburg, Maislinger advocated for Austrian participation in the

International Youth Meeting Center in Oświęcim/Auschwitz The International Youth Meeting Center in Oświęcim/Auschwitz is an educational institution whose campus lies between the center of the Polish city of Oświęcim and the former German concentration camp of Auschwitz. More than one million persons ...

; Austrian president

Rudolf Kirchschläger Rudolf Kirchschläger, GColIH (; 20 March 1915 – 30 March 2000) was an Austrian diplomat, politician and judge. From 1974 to 1986, he served as President of Austria. Early life and education Born in Niederkappel, Upper Austria, Kirschlä ...

declined. Kirchschläger later acknowledged the value of Maislinger's proposal of

civilian service Alternative civilian service, also called alternative services, civilian service, non-military service, and substitute service, is a form of national service performed in lieu of military conscription for various reasons, such as conscientious ...

for reconciliation and atonement related to the Holocaust. In 1980 he received his doctorate for a dissertation on the problems of Austrian defence policy. He subsequently held posts at the Institute for Political Science at the

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. ...

, the University of

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
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as visiting assistant professor, the

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for a research visit, and the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

. In 1982 he co-founded the

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of independent

peace Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...

initiatives of Austria and in 1986 he became a member of the founding committee of the

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i society

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. Until 1996, he published columns in the "Jüdische Rundschau" (Jewish Review).

Austrian Gedenkdienst

Together with Andreas Hörtnagl, Maislinger founded the

(Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service). He successfully pleaded for the legal establishment of this kind of alternative to mandatory military service, aiming at promoting education and raising awareness about the

Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...

. On

September 1 Events Pre-1600 *1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. *1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona b ...

, 1992 the first young Austrian started his Gedenkdienst at the Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau. Since then more the 1000 Gedenkdiener served in 23 countries worldwide. Prominent supporters of this program include

Simon Wiesenthal Simon Wiesenthal (31 December 190820 September 2005) was a history of the Jews in Austria, Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer. He studied architecture and was living in Lwów at the outbreak of World War II. He surviv ...

Teddy Kollek Theodor "Teddy" Kollek ( he, טדי קולק; 27 May 1911 – 2 January 2007) was an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation. Kollek was re-elected five times, in 1969, 197 ...

Ari Rath Ari Rath (‎; 6 January 1925 – 13 January 2017) was an Austrian-Israeli journalist and writer. Life Rath was born in Vienna and grew up there. After the ''Anschluss'' he came through a ''Kindertransport'' as a thirteen-year-old boy to M ...

and

Gerhard Röthler Gerhard Röthler (29 October 1920 – 18 October 1999) was a professor at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. Röthler was born in Breslau (Wrocław) in the Prussian Province of Lower Silesia. He was given piano lessons from Professor H ...

. In 1998 he founded the

with Andreas Hörtnagl and Michael Prochazka, adding the Austrian Social Service and the

to the portfolio. In October and November 2009 Andreas Maislinger made a 3-week lecturing and promotion tour through Canada and the United States.

House of Responsibility (HRB)

As a reaction to the participation of the

FPÖ The Freedom Party of Austria (german: Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Austria. It was led by Norbert Hofer from September 2019 to 1 June 2021.Staff (1 June 2021"Aust ...

(Austrian Freedom Party) in the Austrian federal government in 2000, Maislinger suggested that the city of

Braunau am Inn Braunau am Inn (; German for "Braunau on the Inn") is a town in Upper Austria on the border with Germany. It is known for being the birthplace of Adolf Hitler. Geography The town is on the lower river Inn below its confluence with the Salzach, w ...

should establish a "

" in the birth house of

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

Further activities

Since 1992, Maislinger has served as the scientific director of the annual

in Braunau am Inn. He also participates actively in projects promoting gifted children. Since 2003 he is in charge of the Georg Rendl Symposion. He had founded the symposium to familiarise people with the life and works of the painter and author Georg Rendl, whom Maislinger had already met as a child in his hometown St. Georgen/Salzburg. In 2006 he initiated the

, rewarding people who actively contribute to the remembrance of the Holocaust.

Awards

In 2005 Maislinger received the

Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (german: Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria. It is divided into 15 classes and is the highest award in the A ...

from the president of Austria,

Heinz Fischer Heinz Fischer Order of Prince Henry, GColIH Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, OMRI Royal Order of the Seraphim, RSerafO Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, GCollSE (; born 9 October 1938) is a former Austrian politician. He took off ...

, and the Medal of Merit of the state of

from

Herwig van Staa Herwig van Staa (born 10 June 1942) was the governor of Tyrol from 2002 to 2008. Van Staa was born in Linz, Upper Austria. His father, who came from the Rhine area, worked as a technician in the steelworks in Linz and died in a sick bay in 1943 ...

and

Luis Durnwalder Luis Durnwalder (born 23 September 1941) is an Italian politician, former governor of the autonomous province of South Tyrol from 1989 until 2014, and former president and vice-president of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, in Northern Italy. Bi ...

. On 8 November 2009 Andreas Maislinger was awarded with a Lifetime Achievement Award for "''his 10 year fight to obtain official recognition of alternative, philanthropic service''" at the Annual Dinner of the

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Holocaust Museum LA, formerly known as Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, is a museum located in Pan Pacific Park within the Fairfax district of Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1961 by Holocaust survivors, Holocaust Museum LA is the oldest ...

together with Holocaust survivor and producer of ''

Schindler's List ''Schindler's List'' is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 novel ''Schindler's Ark'' by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film fo ...

Branko Lustig Branko Lustig (10 June 1932 – 14 November 2019) was a Croatian film producer best known for winning Academy Awards for Best Picture for ''Schindler's List'' and '' Gladiator''. He is the only person born in the territory of present-day Croatia ...

.LA Museum of the Holocaust honors AHMS Founder Andreas Maislinger
(Embassy of Austria) On October 2 2012 Andreas Maislinger was awarded the

Ordre national du Mérite The Ordre national du Mérite (; en, National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's esta ...

issued by the president of France

Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. Born in Paris, he is of Hungarian, Greek Jewish, and French origin. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Se ...

in the French embassy in Vienna.

Publications

(Selection) *"Friedensbewegung in einem neutralen Land. Zur neuen Friedensbewegung in Österreich. (Peace movement in a neutral country. Related to the new peace movement in Austria.) In: Medienmacht im Nord-Süd-Konflikt". (''The power of media in the north – south conflict''.) Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1984 *"'Neue' Österreichische Friedensbewegung". (''"New“ Austrian Peace Movement''.) In: ''Österreichisches Jahrbuch für Politik 1983''. (''Austrian Annual for Politics 1983''.) Vienna, 1984 *"Das katholisch-konservative Lager". (''The catholic – conservative side''.) In: ''Widerstand und Verfolgung in Tirol 1934–1945'', Band 2. ÖBV, (''Resistance and Persecution in Tirol 1934–1945'', Band 2. Austrian book publisher), Vienna 1984 *"'Den Nationalsozialisten in die Hände getrieben'. Zur Geschichtspolitik der SPÖ von 1970 bis 2000". (''"Drifted into the National Socialists Hands“. Related to the history politics of the Socialists in Austria from 1970 to 2000''.) In: ''Europäische Rundschau'', (''European review''), number 3/2001

Publishing

*''

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. Politik, Gesellschaft und Kultur eines Staates mit ständiger aktiver und unbewaffneter Neutralität.'' (''Costa Rica, Politics, Society and Culture of a State with Continuous Active and Unarmed Neutrality''.) Inn-Verlag, Innsbruck 1986 *''Der Putsch von

Lamprechtshausen Lamprechtshausen is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Geography Lamprechtshausen lies in the north of the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the Flachgau about 22 km north of the city of ...

. Zeugen des Juli 1934 berichten.'' (''The Putsch of Lamprechtshausen. Report of Witness to July, 1934''), Self - published, Innsbruck 1992

References

External links

Embassy of Austria, Washington D.C.: Other Famous Austrians

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