Sobotka received the highest IKG award

The Jewish Community of Vienna (IKG) has awarded the Marietta and Friedrich Torberg Medal to former National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka (ÖVP). With its highest honor, the community recognizes the exemplary efforts of the former National Council President in the fight against anti-Semitism and for Jewish life, as stated in a press release on Thursday.

Muzicant with Laudation for Sobotka

The Torberg Medal was awarded by IKG President Oskar Deutsch. Sobotka has established an active commemoration policy in the political discourse, according to Deutsch. He has not only placed the fight against all forms of anti-Semitism at the center of democratic maintenance but also raised societal awareness that Judaism was and is an integral part of Austria. The laudation for Sobotka was delivered by Ariel Muzicant, President of the European Jewish Congress (EJC). He also emphasized Sobotka's steadfast fight against anti-Semitism and his friendship with the Jewish people.

(APA/Red)

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