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Mauthausen Committee Austria

Mauthausen Committee Austria (MKÖ) is the direct successor organisation to the Austrian Association of Mauthausen Survivors (ÖLM), founded by survivors of Mauthausen concentration camp and its satellite camps. It was established by key social institutions such as the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions (ÖGB), the Roman-catholic church and the Federation of Jewish Communities in 1997. In 2000, Mauthausen Committee Austria took over the legacy of the survivors of Mauthausen concentration camp and its satellite camps – and is committed to preserving and carrying on the legacy of the former prisoners of the concentration camp.

Based on this legacy, the MKÖ has made it its mission to commemorate the victims of Nazi terror, especially those who were imprisoned in Mauthausen concentration camp and its satellite camps, and to place historical education, as well as awareness-raising and prevention work, especially with young people, at the core of its projects and activities.

The organisation is non-political and non-religious. The MKÖ advocates a free and democratic society and the protection of human rights for all, regardless of nationality, political persuasion or religion and works to fight against all forms of fascism, racism, right-wing extremism, chauvinism and anti-semitism.

Our supporting organizations are the three founding organizations: the ÖGB (Austrian Trade Union Federation), the Conference of Roman-Catholic Bishops and the Austrian Jewish Community.

Anybody supporting the aims of the organization can become a member. The statutes offer a detailed description of the structure and organizational aspects of the MKÖ.

A general meeting takes places every two years, at which time a new board is elected and other official activities are undertaken.

The board of the MKÖ meets several times a year for a board meeting, which is held together with the board of the Austrian Association of Mauthausen Survivors.

The current board is made up of the following people

  • Willi Mernyi, Chair
  • Mag. Josef Pumberger, Financial referent
  • Mario Roitmair, Board member
  • Mag. Martin Kranzl-Greinecker, Board member
  • Jürgen Gangoly, DrBA MBA, Regional Representative MKÖ East
  • Manfred Morokutti, BA, Board member
  • Nikolina Franjkic, BA, Board member
  • WHR Dr. Lutz Popper, Primarius a. D., State Coordinator Burgenland
  • Klaus Pachner, Board member
  • Tobias Kirschner, Board member
  • Mag. Dr. Raimund Fastenbauer, Board member
  • Mag. Benjamin Nägele, Board member
  • Dr. Robert Eiter, Board member

The Founders Advisory Board

  • Former bishop Dr. h.c. Maximillian Aichern
  • Dr.in Luitgard Derschmidt, former President of Kath. Aktion Austria
  • Roswitha Bacher, former Executive Secretary of the ÖGB
  • Monika Kemperle, former Executive Secretary of the ÖGB

The Board of Trustees of the MKÖ brings together the following public figures

  • Erzbischof Dr. Franz Lackner, Chair of the Conference of Roman-Catholic Bishops
  • Wolfgang Katzian, President of the Austrian Trade Union Federation
  • Oskar Deutsch, Head of the Jewish Community
  • Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Katja Sturm-Schnabl, Representative of the Slovenian Cultural Association
  • Prof. Wolfgang J. Bandion, Austrian Association of Mauthausen Survivors
  • Christian Klippl, Representative of the Austrian Roma and Sinti
  • Dr. Gerald Netzl, Federation of Social Demodratic Freedom Fighters, Vicitims of Fascism and Active Antifascists
  • KR Dr. Gerhard Kastelic, Speaker for the Austrian People’s Party Victims Association
  • Willibald Kalcher, National Association of Austrian Anti-fascists, Resisters and Victims of Fascism – Camp Community Federation
  • Albert Dlabaja, Chair of the Association of Buchenwald Survivors
  • Markus Steup, BA, Board member HOSI - Homosexuelle Initiative
  • Prodekan Prof. Rudolf Prokschi, Chair of the Ecumenical Council of the Churches in Austria
  • Erzbischof Dr. Arsenios Kardamakis, Greek Orthodox Community
  • Bischofsvikar Dr. Nicolae Dura, Romanian Orthodox Church
  • Bischof Mag. Michael Chalupka, Protestant Church Community
  • Oberkirchenrat Mag. Richard Schreiber, Evangelical Reformed Church Austria
  • Superintendent Stefan Schröckenfuchs, Methodist Church
  • Renate Anderl, President of the Camber of Labour
  • Bürgermeister Dr. Michael Ludwig, Mayor of Vienna
  • Dkfm. Dr. Franz Vranitzky, Former Chancellor of Austria
  • Dr. Heinz Fischer, Former Austrian President
  • MMag. Dr. Andreas Kranebitter, Scientific Director of DÖW (Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance
  • Mag.a Hannah M. Lessing, General Secretary of the Republic of Austria National Fund
  • Julian Christian, State Youth Representative
  • diplômé Alois Stöger, Former Minister

Spokespersons for the founding organizations

  • Dr. Manfred Scheuer, Bishop of the Diocese of Linz
  • Oskar Deutsch, Jewish Communitysraelitische Kultusgemeinde
  • Wolfgang Katzian, President of the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions

Auditors

  • Mag.a Claudia Puhr
  • Mag. Martin Kargl
  • Mag. Heinz Hödl
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