Women's History Month is celebrated in some countries in March of each year, corresponding with International Women's Day on March 8. It is an occasion for remembering what great women have achieved but also the history of women in general.
The Women's Museum in Hittisau, Austria, is a museum to be recommended. We will be posting reminders of women's history from time to time in the month of March.
After a winter break due to the pandemic, the Hittisau Women’s Museum is now looking forward to opening a new exhibition on March 6, 2022. Called “persecuted, engaged, married,” the exhibit is dedicated to the fates and lives of twelve Jewish women who managed to save themselves from deportation and murder by the Nazis through a marriage of convenience. It is a loan and adaptation from the Jewish Museum in Vienna.
Especially in times of rising anti-Semitism, it is very important to contribute to making Jewish history visible. And the fate of Hilda Monte, who was shot at the Feldkirch-Tisis border crossing in March 1945, is also a part of the history of Vorarlberg, Austria.
Open Tue to Sun 10 am - 5 pm from 06 March - 30 October 2022, Frauenmuseum Hittisau is worth a visit.
In March 1938, a race against time began for Austrian Jews. Some Viennese Jewish women saved themselves through a marriage of convenience with a foreign citizen. The exhibition in the Women's Museum Hittisau traces the lives and different fates of twelve Austrian Jewish women.
These were pro forma marriages, made out of solidarity or for payment, to get to a country where Jews are not (yet) persecuted. Women who were already in exile entered into marriages of convenience to escape statelessness or to obtain a work permit.
The Women’s Museum website is a treasure trove of information about strong women with strong stories.
www.frauenmuseum.at/ausstellung