ABSTRACT
Franz Vranitzky was the first chancellor who, in 1991, publicly emphasized Austria’s responsibility for National Socialist crimes. In 1996, both Franz Vranitzky and Jorg Haider celebrated their tenth anniversary in office: Vranitzky as chancellor and Haider as party chairman and would-be chancellor. In 1996, the exhibition came to Klagenfurt and Linz—and the same arguments were raised once more. Thus, in Carinthia, many prominent politicians issued public statements against the exhibition, and in Linz, no public money could be raised to support its costs. In 1996, the Minister of Finance tried again to find wealthy buyers. In autumn of 1996, Bank Austria, the country’s biggest bank, made an interesting offer. Vranitzky became chancellor in 1986 and made sure that the Socialist Party remained the strongest political party in Austria. According to statements by the governor of Salzburg, the same response can be expected there in 1998, when the exhibition will be shown in the fifth Austrian city.
