Re: When medical information comes from Nazi atrocities
Dear Editor
I visited the temporary exhibition at the Josephinium Museum in Vienna in 2018. It was not the purpose of my visit to Vienna, but a surprise addition. This exhibition was open and honest, with tales of Jewish medical students and staff having to jump from windows at the back of the medical school to escape Austrian Nazis rampaging into the faculty, medical complicity with Nazi projects and much more.
Austria is now dropping the "anschluss" tale of unwilling participation in Nazi acts. The House of Austrian History, for example, has the wooden Waldheim Horse dressed in stormtrooper's hat, hinting strongly at the leader's Nazi connections.
I am delighted to hear that a permanent exhibition is being produced. The museum is a delight, but the 1930s exhibition was shocking, informative and thought provoking. Well worth a visit when it re-opens, unless the Sound of Music is your favourite story.
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Re: When medical information comes from Nazi atrocities
Dear Editor
I visited the temporary exhibition at the Josephinium Museum in Vienna in 2018. It was not the purpose of my visit to Vienna, but a surprise addition. This exhibition was open and honest, with tales of Jewish medical students and staff having to jump from windows at the back of the medical school to escape Austrian Nazis rampaging into the faculty, medical complicity with Nazi projects and much more.
Austria is now dropping the "anschluss" tale of unwilling participation in Nazi acts. The House of Austrian History, for example, has the wooden Waldheim Horse dressed in stormtrooper's hat, hinting strongly at the leader's Nazi connections.
I am delighted to hear that a permanent exhibition is being produced. The museum is a delight, but the 1930s exhibition was shocking, informative and thought provoking. Well worth a visit when it re-opens, unless the Sound of Music is your favourite story.
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