Austrian Service Abroad
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| Founded | 1998, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria |
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| Area served | Global |
| Focus | Holocaust memorials, Anti-fascism, Humanitarian aid, Development aid, Peace movement |
| Method | National service alternatives, projects, seminars |
| Website | www.auslandsdienst.at/ |
Austrian Service Abroad (formerly Austrian Association for Service Abroad) is a non-profit initiative, founded in 1998 by Andreas Maislinger. The organization provides positions for an alternative Austrian national service all over the world. The regular nine month alternative national service (Zivildienst) is substituted by a 12-month service at one of its partner organisations abroad. There are great variations in the requirements. Austrian Service Abroad is an institution which provides young male Austrians with an alternative to the compulsory military service. Its main focuses are social work and Holocaust Memorial Service.
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[edit] Types of Service
Austrian Service Abroad offers three different types of Zivildienst-substitutes:
- Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service (Österreichischer Gedenkdienst)
- Austrian Social Service (Österreichischer Sozialdienst)
- Austrian Peace Service (Österreichischer Friedensdienst)
[edit] Partners
The US is currently the country with the largest number of places offered for Holocaust Memorial Service. Well known Holocaust Museums and Memorial Institutions like the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation in Los Angeles receive Holocaust Memorial Servants every year. As for Social Service, the focus lies on the developing world. Nevertheless, Austrian Service Abroad also sends Social Servants to the Gay Men's Health Crisis center in New York, where the young Austrians help HIV infected people to cope with their disease. At present, Austrian Service Abroad sends young Austrians to the following partner institutions:
Australia
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- Melbourne - Jewish Museum of Australia
- Melbourne - Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Sarajevo - Phoenix Initiative
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Brazil
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- Alagoinhas - Associacao Lar Sao Benedito
- Lauro de Freitas - Community Centre Christ Liberator
- Rio de Janeiro - Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
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China
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- Harbin - Harbin Jewish Research Center (planned)
- Nanjing (planed)
- Qiqihar - China SOS Children's Village Association
- Shanghai - Center of Jewish Studies
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Czech Republic
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- Prague - Federation of Jewish Communities
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Gabon
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- Lambaréné - Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital
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Guatemala
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- Santa Rosita - ASOL Casa Hogar
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Israel
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- Jerusalem - St. Vincent-Ein Kerem
- Jerusalem - The Alternative Information Centre
- Jerusalem - Yad Vashem
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Poland
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- Kraków - Center for Jewish Culture
- Kraków - PAH Polska Akcja Humanitarna
- Oswiecim - Auschwitz Jewish Center
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USA
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- Detroit - Holocaust Memorial Center
- Houston - Holocaust Museum Houston
- Los Angeles - Simon Wiesenthal Center
- Los Angeles - Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
- New York - Gay Men's Health Crisis
- New York - Museum of Jewish Heritage
- Reno - Center for Holocaust, Genocide & Peace Studies
- Richmond - Virginia Holocaust Museum
- San Francisco - Holocaust Center of Northern California
- St. Petersburg - The Florida Holocaust Museum
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[edit] Austrian Servant Abroad of the Year
2005 Dr. Andreas Daniel Matt, SOS Children's Villages in Lahore, Pakistan.
2006 Martin Wallner, Center of Jewish Studies Shanghai.
2007 Daniel James Schuster, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
[edit] Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award
In 2006 Austrian Service Abroad initiated the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award (AHMA). Winners:
2006: Prof. Pan Guang, Shanghai, PR China.
2007: Alberto Dines, Sao Paulo, Brazil
