The Austrian National Council, the country’s lower house, has cleared the way for the new Simon Wiesenthal Prize honoring civil society initiatives against antisemitism. The 30,000 euro prize will be granted annually to up to three people or groups of people for their special civil society engagement against antisemitism and for promoting Holocaust education.
All parliamentary groups represented in the Council voting in favor, with the exception of the far-right FPÖ.
