Rita Singer<p>"The Austrian Deaf community has been well organised and unified by a common language since the 19th century. But since only 10% of Deaf people have Deaf parents, therefore the transfer of language, the preservation of culture and identity and the handing down of the common history are especially fragile. Hence, documenting the experiences of older people and making them accessible for Deaf children and youth is all the more important. National Socialist rule brought forth changes for everyone. The Deaf community was in particular danger (less information, no alarms) and directly threatened by Nazi legislation (e.g. forced sterilisations). Courses of action taken then and ways to deal with memories today vary greatly, just like in the hearing society."</p><p>Film 'Shoah' from the project 'Deaf Austrians in National Socialism'.</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/HolocaustGedenktag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HolocaustGedenktag</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/HolocaustRemembrance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HolocaustRemembrance</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/%C3%96GS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ÖGS</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/%C3%96sterreichischeGeb%C3%A4rdenSprache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ÖsterreichischeGebärdenSprache</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Deaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deaf</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/DeafHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeafHistory</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p><p><a href="https://gehoerlos-im-ns.univie.ac.at//index.php?language=en&amp;page=movie&amp;movie=shoa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gehoerlos-im-ns.univie.ac.at//</span><span class="invisible">index.php?language=en&amp;page=movie&amp;movie=shoa</span></a></p>