Fest für den Frieden

Honorarkonsul Gerold Ortner mit Gattin Stefanie, Historiker Stefan Karner, Rektorin Christa Neuper, Botschafter Artur Lorkowski und LAbg. Gregor Hammerl (v.l.)

Veranstaltung erinnerte an den Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkriegs vor 100 Jahren

Zu einem „Fest für den Frieden“ trafen sich am 27. Oktober 2014 in der Aula der Uni Graz auf Initiative des polnischen Honorarkonsuls in der Steiermark, Landesamtsdirektor a.D. Gerold Ortner, VertreterInnen aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Kultur. Der Historiker Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Karner, Leiter des Instituts für Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Unternehmensgeschichte der Uni Graz sowie des Ludwig Boltzmann-Instituts für Kriegsfolgenforschung, hielt den Festvortrag "Zum Gedenken - 100 Jahre Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkrieges". Der Botschafter Polens in Österreich, Dr. Artur Lorkowski, erinnerte insbesondere an den Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs mit schweren Kämpfen in Galizien.

Der 100. Todestag der österreichischen Friedensnobelpreisträgerin Bertha von Suttner bot einen weiteren Anlass für die Veranstaltung. Einige Festgäste, unter anderen Prof. Mag. Anna Badora, Intendantin des Grazer Schauspielhauses, lasen Texte von Suttner, der polnischen Literaturnobelpreisträgerin Wisława Szymborska und des polnischen Freiheitskämpfers Władysław Bartoszewski zu den Themen Frieden und Freiheit.

Kammersängerin Univ.-Prof. Mag. Joanna Borowska-Isser gestaltete mit Studierenden der Grazer Kunstuniversität, begleitet von Mag. Joanna Niederdorfer und Mag. Svetlana Sukolova am Klavier, das musikalische Rahmenprogramm.

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