Vienna-born Ben Zion Lapid left Austria 76 years ago, received passport under legislation to restore citizenship to those persecuted by the Nazi regime
New rules allow those who were persecuted by the Nazi regime and their direct descendants to become Austrian citizens without giving up their current passports
From September tens of thousands of Israelis will be eligible following change in law; government says measure 'in line with Austria’s ongoing endeavor for reconciliation'
Annual prize of about $17,000 meant to encourage more people to combat hatred of Jews; far-right Freedom Party only parliamentary group to oppose award
'The Tobacconist' imagines friendship between founder of psychoanalysis and teenage boy in coming-of-age story set against backdrop of 1938 German annexation of Austria
Large slabs set in the ground in a circle to be engraved with the names of the 64,000 victims who have been identified; site envisioned as 'place of reverence' for visitors
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