Mauthausen Committee Austria
Our organization is non-political and non-religious. We advocate a free and democratic society and the protection of human rights for all, regardless of nationality, political persuasion or religion and work 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
