Vienna City Hall: Mayor Ludwig honors contemporary witnesses Stanisław Zalewski

On a contemporary witness evening at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen – RWTH Aachen University – Holocaust survivors Leon Weintraub and Henriette Kretz reported on the atrocities they suffered. They also warned of current political developments. Holocaust survivors are important contemporary witnesses – but also Mahner for the future. Leon Weintraub (99) survived as a Jew the Litzmannstadt ghetto, mixed himself in Auschwit…

On Tuesday, April 8, Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) honored the concentration camp survivor and contemporary witness Stanisław Zalewski with the Golden Rathausmann. This happened on the occasion of his upcoming 100th birthday on 1 October this year. VIENNA. On the occasion of the upcoming birthday of the contemporary witness Stanisław Zalewski – he will be on 1 October 100 – Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) honored the concentration camp survivor on Tuesd…

Only once or twice a year the Golden City Hallman is awarded by the Mayor of Vienna. On Tuesday, the concentration camp survivor Stanislaw Zalewski was awarded the award. The 99-year-old was active in the Polish resistance during the Second World War.

He is the last Polish survivor of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp: 99-year-old Stanisław Zalewski was awarded the Golden Medal of Merit in Vienna for his decades of service as a contemporary witness. On 7 April 2025, Stanisław Zalewski was awarded the Golden Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria by Interior Minister Gerhard Karner in Vienna. The honour pays tribute to his extraordinary commitment as a contemporary witness and a remin…

VIENNA. The concentration camp surviving Stanislaw Zalewski has been awarded the Great Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria.