Task Force For International Cooperation On Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research

On 11 November 1997, the lower house of Austria's parliament, the National Council, unanimously resolved to mark 5 May - the day on which the Mauthausen concentration camp was liberated - with a memorial day against violence and racism in remembrance of the victims of National Socialism. Since 1998, this day has been called the "National Day against Violence and Racism in Memoriam of the Victims of National Socialism".

While 5 May is the official Holocaust memorial day, other days, such as 27 January and 9 November (the date of the 1938 pogrom) are commemorated in public places in Vienna and other Austrian cities, with activities largely being organized by civil society groups.