Object numberM1998/024:001
DescriptionB & W photo of Simon Wiesenthal giving a speech. Dr. Reiner is on the left. Donated by Dr. Zenon Reiner, who after liberation, used his medical expertise to help survivors. He met Simon Wiesenthal soon after he was liberated (at the time he was Chief Medical officer of Bindermichl DP camp in Linz). Together they collected the ashes from concentration camps in Austria and put them in 30 urns representing the ashes of 200,000. There was a march of all liberated Jews through the streets of Linz and Wiesenthal gave a moving speech from the spot were Hitler once marked Austria as part of the German Reich. Later, Wiesenthal personally delivered the ashes to Mount Zion.
Production placeLinz, Austria
Subjectmemorials
Object namephotographs
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Zenon Reiner