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Local-International
KZ Gusen I, II & III Commemoration
3 May 1997

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KZ Gusen Memorial transferred
to Republic of Austria

• the Vice-Consul of the Russian Federative Republic, Mr. Alexandre Kouzmine
  
  
• the President of Comitee International du Souvenier du Camp de Gusen at Amicale Francaise de Mauthausen, Mr. Pierre Serge Choumoff
  
  
• the Representative of the Klub Mauthausen-Gusen (Warszawa), Mr. Stanislaw Koprowski
  
  
• the Representative of the Slovenian Mauthausen Society, Mr. Svetko Kobal (who wrote the first book about Mauthausen Central Camp in 1944!!!)
  
  
• the Mayor of Empoli (Firenze, Italy), Sindaco Vittorio Bugli (the new Partner-City of St.Georgen/Gusen)
  
  
• the Chief of the City-Council of Sesto San Giovanni (Milano, Italy), Signor Giancarlo Castelli
  
  
• the Representative of the Republic of Austria, Sektionschef Dr. Wolf Szymanski (Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior)
  
  
• the Representative of the Province of Upper Austria, Landesrat Josef Ackerl
  
  
• the Mayor of St.Georgen/Gusen, Buergermeister Rudolf Honeder (where the KL Gusen II Tunnels are)
  
  
• the Mayor of Langenstein, Vizebürgermeister Ernst Hutsteiner (were the KL Gusen I & II Camps have been)

• a commemoration plate made up of Granite stone from the Gusen stone-quarry was given by the community of Langenstein to Mr. Stanislaw Koprowski of Klub Mauthausen-Gusen, Warszawa. It shall remember the 27.000 Polish victims of the KZ Gusen camps in the cathedral of the old-town of Warsazawa later on.
  
  

• a presentation of concepts for a future KZ Gusen Commemoration Path by students of the Austrian Academy of Applied Arts Vienna (Townhall of St.Georgen/Gusen)
  
  
• an official welcome to the delegations from Empoli and Sesto San Giovanni (Landesmusikschule St.Georgen/Gusen)
  
  
• a round-table discussion of KZ Gusen I & II survivors with interested people and eye-wittnesses of the local population (Langenstein Parish Center)
  
  
• a round-table discussion with Mr. Max Garcia (Landesmusikschule St.Georgen/Gusen)
  
  
• a workshop with Bernard Offen, Herwig Strobl and the local population concerning Jewish culture, music and the Holocaust

This local-international commemoration was made possible by:

• Comite International du Souvenier du Camp de Gusen
  within Amicale Francaise de Mauthausen, Paris
  
  
• ANED Sezione di Empoli (Italy)
  
  
• ANED Sezione di Sesto San Giovanni (Italy)
  
  
• Klub MAUTHAUSEN-GUSEN, Warszawa (Poland)
  
  
• The City of Empoli
  
  
• The City of Sesto San Giovanni
  
  
• The Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior
  
  
• The Austrian Mauthausen Society
  
  
• Mauthausen Aktiv
  
  
• The local-international Plattform 75 JAHRE REPUBLIK