Mauthausen, Austria, August 1, 2022
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The Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria was established in September 1914. It was reestablished in August 1938 and became one of the first massive camp complexes in Nazi Germany, and the last to be liberated by the Allies. More than 90,000 died there between 1938 and 1945.
Today, the camp site is a museum, and now the home of a Serbian Orthodox memorial church, dedicated to the Serbian New Martyrs who suffered in the First World War.
His Grace Bishop Andrej of Austria and Switzerland visited the church on Wednesday, June 29, on the occasion of the final work being done there, the diocese reports.
Work on the church began several years ago. The foundation was consecrated in April 2016.
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The church’s iconographer gave His Grace a tour, showing him the newly installed iconostasis and other interior furnishings. Bp. Andrej expressed his deep satisfaction.
“What remains characteristic of this memorial church dedicated to the Serbian New Martyrs, who suffered in the First World War, is the feeling of trepidation and deep respect for the sacrifice that our holy ancestors made with their suffering,” the diocese writes.
A list of the Serbs who died at the camp will be available in a memory book at the entrance to the chapel, reports Sedmitza.
The first church of the Serbian Martyrs of the Jasenovac Concentration Camp was consecrated in Croatia in September 2020.
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