Austrian Decoration of Honour for Science and Art
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The Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (German: Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst) is a state decoration
of the Republic of Austria and forms part of the national honours system of that country
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as an honour for scientific or artistic achievements by Federal Law of May 1955 (Federal Law Gazette No. 96/1955 as amended BGBl I No 128/2001). At the same time, the National Council also established the "Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art", which is awarded as "Cross of Honour, First Class" (German: Ehrenkreuz 1. Klasse) and "Cross of Honour" (German: Ehrenkreuz). While not technically counted as lower classes of the Decoration for Science and Art, these crosses are nevertheless affiliated with it.
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On August 5, 2008 the Austrian Science Minister Johannes Hahn
decided not to withdraw the award from inventor Johann Grander. - see also Wikipedia German version and see also Austrian ministry
State decoration
State decorations are orders, medals and other decorations granted by a state. International decorations are similar, but are not granted by a specific nation but rather an international organization....
of the Republic of Austria and forms part of the national honours system of that country
Honours system in the Republic of Austria
The honours system in the Republic of Austria is a means of rewarding individuals' personal achievement, or service to Austria by state decorations and medals....
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History
The "Austrian Decoration for Science and Art" was established by the National CouncilNational Council of Austria
The National Council is one of the two houses of the Austrian parliament. According to the constitution, the National Council and the complementary Federal Council are peers...
as an honour for scientific or artistic achievements by Federal Law of May 1955 (Federal Law Gazette No. 96/1955 as amended BGBl I No 128/2001). At the same time, the National Council also established the "Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art", which is awarded as "Cross of Honour, First Class" (German: Ehrenkreuz 1. Klasse) and "Cross of Honour" (German: Ehrenkreuz). While not technically counted as lower classes of the Decoration for Science and Art, these crosses are nevertheless affiliated with it.
Decoration for Science and Art
The number of living recipients of the Decoration for Science and Art is limited to a maximum of 72 at any one time (36 recipients for science and 36 for arts). In each of these two groups there are 18 Austrian cititzens and 18 foreign nationals.Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class
There are no limits on the number of recipients.Decoration for Science and Art
- 2007: Otto Tausig, actor
- 2006: Bruno GanzBruno GanzBruno Ganz is a Swiss actor, known for his roles as Damiel in Wings of Desire and Adolf Hitler in Downfall.- Early life :Bruno Ganz was born in Zürich to a Swiss mechanic father and a northern Italian mother. He had decided to pursue an acting career by the time he entered university...
, actor; Stephen ToulminStephen ToulminStephen Edelston Toulmin was a British philosopher, author, and educator. Influenced by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Toulmin devoted his works to the analysis of moral reasoning. Throughout his writings, he sought to develop practical arguments which can be used effectively in evaluating the ethics behind...
, philosopher; Christian MeierChristian MeierChristian Dietrich Meier Zender is a well-known Peruvian actor and singer in Latin America.-Biography:Christian Dietrich Meier Zender was born in Lima, Peru, the youngest of four children. He is the son of Gladys Zender, Miss Universe 1957, and Antonio Meier. His father is from Peru and his mother...
, historian; Pierre SoulagesPierre SoulagesPierre Soulages is a French painter, engraver, and sculptor.-Biography:Born in Rodez in 1919, Soulages also is known as "the painter of black" because of his interest in the colour, "...both a colour and a non-colour. When light is reflected on black, it transforms and transmutes it. It opens up...
, painter; Michael Mitterauer, historian - 2005: Václav HavelVáclav HavelVáclav Havel is a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic . He has written over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally...
, writer, dissident and former president of the Czech Republic; Christian Ludwig Attersee, painter; Eric Kandel, doctor; Peter PalesePeter PalesePeter Palese, Ph.D, is an American microbiologist and Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, and an expert in the field of RNA viruses....
, virologist - 2004: Klaus Wolff, dermatologist
- 2003: Hermann Fillitz, art historian; Wolfgang Schmidt, mathematician
- 2002: Arik BrauerArik BrauerArik Brauer is an Austrian painter, draughtsman, printmaker, poet, dancer, singer and stage designer. He resides in Vienna and Ein Hod, Israel. Brauer is a co-founder of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, together with Ernst Fuchs, Rudolf Hausner, Wolfgang Hutter and Anton Lehmden.Erich...
, painter, poet and singer; Peter Wolf, Austrian-born producer and composer; Eugen Biser, religious philosopher; Horst DreierHorst DreierHorst Dreier is a German jurist and legal philosopher. He currently holds a chair at the University of Würzburg. In 2008 he was the initial candidate to replace Winfried Hassemer at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, but his nomination was opposed by the CDU for his controversial...
, legal philosopher; Elliott H. LiebElliott H. LiebElliott H. Lieb is an eminent American mathematical physicist and professor of mathematics and physics at Princeton University who specializes in statistical mechanics, condensed matter theory, and functional analysis....
, physicist and mathematician; Bogdan BogdanovićBogdan BogdanovićBogdan Bogdanović was a Serbian architect, urbanist and essayist. He taught architecture at the University of Belgrade, where he also served as dean...
, architect - 2001: Anton ZeilingerAnton ZeilingerAnton Zeilinger is an Austrian quantum physicist. He is currently professor of physics at the University of Vienna, previously University of Innsbruck. He is also the director of the Vienna branch of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information IQOQI at the Austrian Academy of Sciences...
, experimental physicist - 2000: Paul KirchhofPaul KirchhofPaul Kirchhof is a German jurist and tax law expert. He is also a professor of law, member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and a former judge in the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany , the highest court in Germany.Kirchhof obtained a doctorate at the early age of 25 having...
, constitutional and tax lawyer; Hans Müllejans, provost; Herwig WolframHerwig WolframHerwig Wolfram is an Austrian historian. Professor emeritus at the University of Vienna, from 1983 until 2002 he was Director of the Austrian Institute for Historical Research ....
, historian; Gerardo Broggini, lawyer - 1999: Carl Pruscha, architect; Elisabeth Lichtenberger, geographer; Karl Acham, sociologist; Walter KohnWalter KohnWalter Kohn is an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist.He was awarded, with John Pople, the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1998. The award recognized their contributions to the understandings of the electronic properties of materials...
, physicist - 1998: Helmut Denk, pathologist
- 1997: Bruno GironcoliBruno GironcoliBruno Gironcoli was one of Austria's most famous modern artists.Born in Villach, Gironcoli began training as a goldsmith in 1951 in Innsbruck, completing his apprenticeship in 1956. Between 1957 and 1962 he studied in the University of Applied Arts Vienna...
, artist; Kurt SchwertsikKurt SchwertsikKurt Schwertsik is an Austrian contemporary composer. He is famous for creating the “Third Viennese School” and spreading contemporary classical music....
, composer; Hans HassHans HassHans Hass is a diving pioneer known mainly for his documentaries about sharks, the energon theory, and his commitment, later in life, to the protection of the environment. He was born in Vienna, Austria.-Early years:...
, biologist; Robert Walter, jurist; Albrecht Dihle, classical philologist; Cassos Karageorghis, archaeologist - 1996: Siegfried Josef Bauer, meteorologist and geophysicist
- 1995: Horst SteinHorst SteinHorst Walter Stein was a German conductor.- Biography :...
, conductor - 1994: Josef MiklJosef MiklJosef Mikl was an Austrian abstract painter of the Informal style.-Biography:Born in Vienna, he received his first training at the Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, studying at the prominent Viennese academy from 1949-1956 under Josef Dobrovský...
, painter - 1993: Margarete Schütte-LihotzkyMargarete Schütte-LihotzkyMargarete Schütte-Lihotzky was the first female Austrian architect and an activist in the Nazi resistance movement. She is mostly remembered today for designing the so-called Frankfurt Kitchen.-Training:...
, architect; Peter SchusterPeter SchusterPeter K. Schuster is a renowned theoretical chemist, known for his work with the German Nobel Laureate Manfred Eigen in developing the quasispecies model...
, chemist; Gottfried Biegelmeier, physicist; Walter ThirringWalter ThirringWalter Thirring is an Austrian physicist after whom the Thirring model in quantum field theory is named. He is son of the physicist Hans Thirring, co-discoverer of the Lense-Thirring frame dragging effect in general relativity....
, physicist; Albrecht Eschenmoser, chemist; Albrecht Schöne, philologist; Günther WilkeGünther WilkeGünther Wilke is a German chemist who was influential in organometallic chemistry. He was the director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research from 1967-1992, succeeding Karl Ziegler in that post. During Wilke’s era, the MPI made several discoveries and achieved some financial independence...
, chemist - 1992: Carlos KleiberCarlos KleiberCarlos Kleiber was a German-born, Austrian classical conductor who spent most of his early life in Berlin, Buenos Aires, Vienna and New York City, and from the early 1960s his professional career in Germany.- Early career :...
, conductor; Krzysztof PendereckiKrzysztof PendereckiKrzysztof Penderecki , born November 23, 1933 in Dębica) is a Polish composer and conductor. His 1960 avant-garde Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for string orchestra brought him to international attention, and this success was followed by acclaim for his choral St. Luke Passion. Both these...
, composer - 1991: H.C. Artmann, writer
- 1990: Ernst JandlErnst JandlErnst Jandl was an Austrian writer, poet, and translator.- Poetry :Influenced by Dada he started to write experimental poetry, first published in the journal "Neue Wege" in 1952....
, writer; Hans HolleinHans HolleinHans Hollein, is an Austrian architect and designer.Hollein achieved a diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 1956, then attended the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1959 and the University of California, Berkeley in 1960...
, architect - 1988: Dietmar Grieser, author and journalist
- 1987: Friederike MayröckerFriederike MayröckerFriederike Mayröcker is an Austrian poet.- Life :From 1946 to 1969 Mayröcker was an English teacher at several public schools in Vienna. In 1969 she took a release from working as a teacher and in 1977 she retired early.She started writing as a 15 year old...
, writer - 1986: Johann Jascha, artist
- 1985: Erika Mitterer, writer
- 1983: Hans Plank, painter
- 1982: Heinrich HarrerHeinrich HarrerHeinrich Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, and author.He is best known for his books Seven Years in Tibet and The White Spider .-Athletics:...
, mountaineer; Jacqueline de RomillyJacqueline de RomillyJacqueline Worms de Romilly, née David was a French philologist, classical scholar and fiction writer. Because she was of Jewish ancestry, the Vichy government suspended her from her teaching duties during the Occupation of France. she was the first woman nominated to the Collège de France, and in...
, philologist - 1981: Gertrud Fussenegger, writer; Werner Berg, painter
- 1980: Alfred UhlAlfred UhlAlfred Uhl was an Austrian composer, violist, music teacher and conductor.-Biography:Uhl studied with Franz Schmidt at the Vienna Music Academy, receiving a diploma in composition with honours in 1932. He subsequently worked as Kapellmeister of the Swiss Festspielmusik in Zürich...
and Marcel RubinMarcel RubinMarcel Rubin was an Austrian composer.Born in Vienna where he eventually studied with Franz Schmidt, he later emigrated to Paris where he pursued further studies with Darius Milhaud. After living in Mexico City for a while, he returned to Vienna after the end of World War II.Among other works he...
, composer; Fritz HochwälderFritz HochwälderFritz Hochwälder also known as Fritz Hochwaelder, was an Austrian playwright. Known for his spare prose and strong moralist themes, Hochwälder won several literary awards, including the Austrian State Prize for Literature in 1966...
, writer; Karl PopperKarl PopperSir Karl Raimund Popper, CH FRS FBA was an Austro-British philosopher and a professor at the London School of Economics...
, philosopher and science theorist - 1979: Roland RainerRoland RainerRoland Rainer was an Austrian architect.Born in Klagenfurt, Roland Rainer decided to become an architect when he was 18, so he studied at the Vienna University of Technology. His thesis was about the Karlsplatz in Vienna. Then, he left Austria visiting the Netherlands and the German Academy for...
, architect; Max WeilerMax WeilerMax Weiler was a Swiss footballer who played as a defender. He played for FC Winterthur and Grasshopper Club Zürich, and also represented Switzerland at international level...
, artist - 1978: Hans Nowotny, chemist
- 1977: Ernst Schönwiese, writer
- 1976: Friedrich TorbergFriedrich TorbergFriedrich Torberg is the pen-name of Friedrich Kantor, an Austrian writer.- Biography :...
, writer and translator; Manfred EigenManfred EigenManfred Eigen is a German biophysical chemist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on measuring fast chemical reactions.-Career:...
, chemist - 1975: Hans TuppyHans TuppyHans Tuppy is a biochemist who participated in the sequencing of insulin, and became Austria's first university professor for biochemistry. He was Austrian Minister for Science and Research from 1987−1989.- Family background and youth :...
, biochemist; Robert StolzRobert StolzRobert Elisabeth Stolz was an Austrian songwriter and conductor as well as a composer of operettas and film music.- Biography :...
, composer - 1974: Gottfried von EinemGottfried von EinemGottfried von Einem was an Austrian composer. He is known chiefly for his operas influenced by the music of Stravinsky and Prokofiev, as well as by jazz. He also composed pieces for piano, violin and organ.-Biography:...
, composer - 1972: Elias CanettiElias CanettiElias Canetti was a Bulgarian-born modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer. He wrote in German and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981, "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power".-Life:...
, writer - 1971: Fritz WotrubaFritz WotrubaFritz Wotruba was an Austrian sculptor of Czecho-Hungarian descent. He was considered one of the most notable Austrian 20th century sculptors...
, architect and artist - 1967: Karl Heinrich Waggerl, writer
- 1966: Ludwig von Ficker, writer and publisher
- 1964: Edmund HlawkaEdmund HlawkaEdmund Hlawka was an Austrian mathematician. He was a leading number theorist. Hlawka did most of his work at the Vienna University of Technology. He was also a visiting professor at Princeton University and the Sorbonne...
, mathematician; Ernst LotharErnst LotharErnst Lothar was a Moravian-Austrian writer, theatre director/manager and producer.He was born Ernst Lothar Müller, and as Müller is common German surname, he dropped it. His brother, Hans Müller-Einigen, went the other way and added a surname.-Biography:...
, writer and director - 1961: Herbert von KarajanHerbert von KarajanHerbert von Karajan was an Austrian orchestra and opera conductor. To the wider world he was perhaps most famously associated with the Berlin Philharmonic, of which he was principal conductor for 35 years...
, conductor; Rudolf von Laun, international lawyer - 1960: O. W. FischerO. W. FischerOtto Wilhelm Fischer was an Austrian actor. A leading man of German cinema, he began his career with Max Reinhardt's stage company....
, actor - 1959: Otto HahnOtto HahnOtto Hahn FRS was a German chemist and Nobel laureate, a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry. He is regarded as "the father of nuclear chemistry". Hahn was a courageous opposer of Jewish persecution by the Nazis and after World War II he became a passionate campaigner...
, atomic physicist, Nobel laureate; Max Mell, writer - 1957: Clemens HolzmeisterClemens HolzmeisterClemens Holzmeister was a prominent Austrian architect and stage designer of the early twentieth century. The Austrian Academy of Fine Arts listed his life's work as containing 673 projects. He is the father of Judith Holzmeister.Holzmeister was born in the village of Fulpmes in the Tyrol state of...
, architect
Cross (and Cross 1st Class)
- 2010: Boris PahorBoris PahorBoris Pahor is a Slovene writer from Italy. He is considered to be one of the most influential living authors in the Slovene language and has been nominated for the Nobel prize for literature by the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts...
, Slovene writer; - 2009: Grita Insam, gallerist; Hans Werner Scheidl, journalist and author; Stefan Größing, sports scientists; Bruno Mamoli, specialist in neurology and psychiatry
- 2008: Gerhard HaszprunarGerhard HaszprunarGerhard Haszprunar is Austrian zoologist and malacologist.He is credited with the invention of the modern species naming patrongage model and is a founder of the BIOPAT non-profit organization.* Austrian Decoration for Science and Art...
, Zoologe;Ernst von GlasersfeldErnst von GlasersfeldErnst von Glasersfeld was a philosopher, and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Georgia, Research Associate at the Scientific Reasoning Research Institute, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
, Austro-American constructivist, Michael Ludwig, Michael Kaufmann, manager of German culture; Reinhard Putz, anatomist; Jessye NormanJessye NormanJessye Norman is an American opera singer. Norman is a well-known contemporary opera singer and recitalist, and is one of the highest paid performers in classical music...
, American soprano; Hannes AndroschHannes AndroschJohannes Androsch is an Austrian entrepreneur and consultant; a former Social Democrat top politician who served as an Austrian Minister of Finance from 1970 to 1981 and additionally as Vice Chancellor from 1976–1981; and a former banker who from 1981-1988 was the General Director of the...
, Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor a.D. - 2007: Herbert W. FrankeHerbert W. FrankeHerbert W. Franke is an Austrian scientist and writer. He is considered one of the most important science fiction authors in the German language....
, scientist, writer, artist; Hans Walter Lack, botanist; Josef BurgJosef Burg (writer)Josef Burg was an award-winning Jewish Soviet Yiddish writer, author, publisher and journalist.Burg was born on May 30, 1912, in the town of Vyzhnytsia, in the region of Bukovina, Austria–Hungary...
, writer; Reginald Vospernik, high school director; Nuria Nono-Schönberg, Lawrence Schönberg, Ronald Schönberg, the three children of Arnold Schoenberg - 2006: Peter RuzickaPeter RuzickaPeter Ruzicka is a German composer and conductor of classical music.Peter Ruzicka was born in Düsseldorf on July 3, 1948. He received his early musical training at the Hamburg Conservatory. He studied composition with Hans Werner Henze and Hans Otte...
, German composer and artistic director, Lothar Bruckmeier, painter - 2005: Gottfried Kumpf, painter, architect, sculptor, Georg Ratzinger, choirmaster, Heinz ZemanekHeinz ZemanekHeinz Zemanek is an Austrian computer pioneer who in 1955 developed the first complete transistorised computer on the European continent...
, computer pioneer - 2004: Oswald Oberhuber, artist
- 2003: Erich Schleyer, actor and author, Günther Granser, economist
- 2002: Fabio LuisiFabio LuisiFabio Luisi is an Italian conductor. On September 6, 2011, he was named Principal Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera....
, Italian conductor, Kurt Rudolf FischerKurt Rudolf FischerKurt Rudolf Fischer , is a Jewish-Austrian philosopher who emigrated to Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1938 and to Shanghai in 1940....
, philosopher, Wolfdietrich Schmied-Kowarzik, philosopher; John RossJohn Ross (chemist)John Ross is Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Stanford University.-Education and career:B.S., 1948, Queens College; Ph.D., 1951, Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Honors and awards:...
, chemist; Seiji OzawaSeiji Ozawais a Japanese conductor, particularly noted for his interpretations of large-scale late Romantic works. He is most known for his work as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor of the Vienna State Opera.-Early years:...
, conductor - 2001: Klaus-Peter Sattler, composer, Hermann Maurer, computer scientist, Walter HomolkaWalter HomolkaProf. Walter Homolka is a German rabbi.He studied in Munich, London, Lampeter and Leipzig and has a PhD from King's College London...
, rabbi; Hannspeter WinterHannspeter WinterHannspeter Winter was an Austrian plasma physicist who did research on hollow atoms. He won the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art: Class 1 in 2001 and the prestigious German "Alexander von Humbold Research Price" in 2003.- References :...
, physicist; Johann Grander, inventor. - 1999: Peter Simonischek, actor
- 1998: Senta BergerSenta BergerSenta Berger is an Austrian film, stage and television actress, producer and author.Regarded by critics as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, and frequently named as one of the leading German-speaking actresses in polls, Berger has received many award nominations for her acting...
, actress, Kiki KogelnikKiki KogelnikKiki Kogelnik was an Austrian painter, sculptor and printmaker. Born in a small town in southern Austria, she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and moved to New York in 1961....
, artist (posthumously awarded) - 1997: Herbert Willi, composer; Lucian O. Meysels, author; Ernest ManheimErnest ManheimErnest Manheim was an US sociologist, anthropologist and composer born in Hungary, at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire....
, American sociologist of Hungarian origin - 1996: Ronald S. Calinger, American historian of Mathematics
- 1989: Norbert Pawlicki, pianist and composer
- 1987: Alois Hergouth, writer and poet
- 1984: Frank SinatraFrank SinatraFrancis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
, singer and actor, Fritz MuliarFritz MuliarFritz Muliar, born as Friedrich Ludwig Stand , was an Austrian actor who, due to his huge popularity, is often referred to by his countrymen as Volksschauspieler.- Biography :...
, actor and director, Ludwig Schwarzer, painter - 1983: Walter BitterlichWalter BitterlichWalter Bitterlich was a world-renowned forest scientist. A notable contributions of his to the forestry profession was the invention of the relascope used in forest inventories.- Early Career :...
, forest scientist, Wolf Häfele, physicist - 1980: Alfred UhlAlfred UhlAlfred Uhl was an Austrian composer, violist, music teacher and conductor.-Biography:Uhl studied with Franz Schmidt at the Vienna Music Academy, receiving a diploma in composition with honours in 1932. He subsequently worked as Kapellmeister of the Swiss Festspielmusik in Zürich...
, composer - 1977: Wolfgang Rehm, musicologist
- 1976: Wolfgang Mayer König, writer
- 1974: Erika Mitterer, writer; Marcel RubinMarcel RubinMarcel Rubin was an Austrian composer.Born in Vienna where he eventually studied with Franz Schmidt, he later emigrated to Paris where he pursued further studies with Darius Milhaud. After living in Mexico City for a while, he returned to Vienna after the end of World War II.Among other works he...
, composer; Arthur HiltonArthur HiltonArthur Hilton was a British-born film editor.He was born in London and edited his first film in England in 1928. Shortly after, he emigrated to Hollywood where he worked on such films as the W. C...
, chemist, - 1971: Gustav Zelibor, pianist and conductor
- 1961: Günther Baszel, artist; Ernst LotharErnst LotharErnst Lothar was a Moravian-Austrian writer, theatre director/manager and producer.He was born Ernst Lothar Müller, and as Müller is common German surname, he dropped it. His brother, Hans Müller-Einigen, went the other way and added a surname.-Biography:...
, author and director - 1960: Karl Schiske, composer
Forfeiture
Forfeiture of this honour became possible with Federal Law Gazette I No 128/2001, changing Act § 8a. It allows the government to strip recipients of their honours if deemed unworthy. The best known example of such a forfeiture is of the Nazi physician Heinrich GrossHeinrich Gross
Heinrich Gross was an Austrian psychiatrist, medical doctor and neurologist, best known for his proven involvement in the killing of at least nine children with physical, mental and/or emotional/behavioral characteristics considered "unclean" by the Nazi regime, under its Euthanasia Program...
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On August 5, 2008 the Austrian Science Minister Johannes Hahn
Johannes Hahn
Johannes Hahn, born on the 2 December 1957, is an Austrian politician and that country's member of the second Barroso Commission. He replaced as Austria's representative Benita Ferrero-Waldner. Hahn is a member of the Österreichische Volkspartei and the European People's Party...
decided not to withdraw the award from inventor Johann Grander. - see also Wikipedia German version and see also Austrian ministry
External links
- www.kurienwissenschaftundkunst.at
- Decoration of Honour, Federal President of the Republic of Austria
- Photos of the Medal
- Federal Law Gazette, 22 June 1955: Federal Law of 25 May 1955 on the creation of the Austrian Medal for Science and the Arts and the Austrian Honorary Cross for Science and the Arts (pdf, 647kb)
- Federal Law Gazette, November 2001: Amendment to the Federal Law on the establishment of an Austrian Medal for Science and the Arts and the Austrian Honorary Cross for Science and the Arts. (pdf, 5kb)
- Press Release: High Honors Award of the Republic of Austria (March 3, 2009)