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August 31, 2023

Is Anti-Semitism Returning to Austria? And Did It Ever Go Away?

Cellar Nazis and far-right parties.

In 2017, the rightwing Austrian Freedom party (FPÖ) became part of a governing coalition in Vienna for the first time in its history. “The party owes much of its appeal to its anti-immigration campaign,” writes Hella Pick, “but alarm bells are also ringing because of the FPÖ’s anti-Semitic roots—its first leader was Anton Reinthaller, a former senior SS officer.” The party, which is expected to do very well in the upcoming elections, has tried to distance itself from its past, but its recent rise is not the only thing that disturbs the country’s Jews. Pick continues:

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