Andreas Maislinger (born 26 February 1955 in St. Georgen near Salzburg) is the founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service. February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sankt Georgen is a German placename for: Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald in Germany Sväty Jur in Slovakia Sfântu Gheorghe in Romania This is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Flag of Salzburg Salzburg (population 145,000 in 2003) is a city in western Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg (population 520,000 in 2003). ... Laminitis, also known as founder, is inflammation of the sensitive lamina of the foot in a horse, the complications of which often result in the horse having to be euthanized. ... The Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service (German: Österreichischer Gedenkdienst) is an alternative to Austrias compulsory national military service. ...

Maislinger studied law and political science in Salzburg and political science and eastern-European history in Vienna, with study visits in, amongst others, Frankfurt am Main and Innsbruck. In 1980 he was awarded the doctorate for a dissertation on the problems of Austrian defence policies. His following occupations included the University and the Institute for Political Science of Innsbruck, the University of New Orleans as a visiting assistant professor, the Humboldt-University in Berlin for a research stay and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1982 he was co-founder of the working group of independent peace-initiatives of Austria and in 1986 member of the founding committee of the Austrian-Israeli society Tirol. Political science is a social science discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... Flag of Salzburg Salzburg (population 145,000 in 2003) is a city in western Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg (population 520,000 in 2003). ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Croatian and Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine states (Land Wien). ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... Innsbruck and Nordkette from south // Geography Innsbruck is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים) is one of Israels oldest, largest and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tyrol (Tirol in German) is a federal state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. ...

Since 1992 Maislinger is the scientific director of the Braunau Contemporary History Days taking place yearly in Braunau am Inn. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Since 1992 every year symposia take place at the Braunau Contemporary History Days. ... Braunau am Inn is a city in the Innviertel (River Inn area) of Upper Austria (Ober sterreich), the north-western province of Austria. ...

Maislinger is the founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service. He successfully pleaded for the legal establishment of this kind of compensation for military service, which aimed at education and enlightenment on the Holocaust. The Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service (German: Österreichischer Gedenkdienst) is an alternative to Austrias compulsory national military service. ... Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ...

Until 1996 he published columns in the "Jüdische Rundschau" (Jewish Review). 1998 he founded the Austrian Association for Service Abroad. He also participates actively in projects promoting gifted children. 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Austrian Association for Service Abroad is a non-profit initiative, founded 1998 by Andreas Maislinger, that provides positions for Austrian Zivildieners all over the world. ... Giftedness, is the possession of intelligence and intellectual ability higher than that of normal people. ...

Since 2003 he is in charge of the Georg Rendl Symposion. He had founded the symposium to engage with the life and works of the painter and author Georg Rendl, whom Maislinger had already met as a child in his hometown St. Georgen/Salzburg. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

2005 Maislinger received the Decoration of Honour in Silver for services to the Republic of Austria from Federal President Heinz Fischer. Heinz Fischer (born 9 October 1938) is the federal president of Austria. ...

English Publications

(Selection)

• Friedensbewegung in einem neutralen Land. Zur neuen Friedensbewegung in Österreich. (Peace movement in a neutral country. Related to the new peace movement in Austria.) In: Medienmacht im Nord-Süd-Konflikt. (The power of media in the north – south conflict.) Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1984 ISBN 3-518-11166-3
• "Neue" Österreichische Friedensbewegung. ("New“ Austrian Peace Movement.) In: Österreichisches Jahrbuch für Politik 1983. (Austrian Annual for Politics 1983.) Vienna, 1984
• Das katholisch-konservative Lager. (The catholic – conservative side.) In: Widerstand und Verfolgung in Tirol 1934-1945, Band 2. ÖBV, (Resistance and Persecution in Tirol 1934-1945, Band 2. Austrian book publisher), Vienna 1984 ISBN 3-215-05368-3
• "Den Nationalsozialisten in die Hände getrieben". Zur Geschichtspolitik der SPÖ von 1970 bis 2000. ("Drifted into the National Socialists Hands“. Related to the history politics of the Socialists in Austria from 1970 to 2000.) In: Europäische Rundschau, (European review), number 3/2001

Publishing

• Costa Rica. Politik, Gesellschaft und Kultur eines Staates mit ständiger aktiver und unbewaffneter Neutralität. (Costa Rica, Politics, Society and Culture of a State with Continuous Active and Unarmed Neutrality.) Inn-Verlag, Innsbruck 1986 ISBN 3-85123-091-4
• Der Putsch von Lamprechtshausen. Zeugen des Juli 1934 berichten. (The Putsch of Lamprechtshausen. Report of Witness to July, 1934), Self - published, Innsbruck 1992 ISBN 3-901201-00-9

External links

• http://www.auslandsdienst.at/intro/US.htm
• http://www.gedenkdienst.org
• http://www.gedenkdienst.info