Alpine Peace Crossing -
memorial hike

Denied - concealed - forgotten. Unheard NS victims in the collective memory

This year’s commemorative events have the main theme “Denied – Concealed – Forgotten. Unheard Nazi victims in the collective memory”. In addition to this focus on content, the memory of our founder and honorary president Ernst Löschner, who died far too early in December 2024, will also be the focus of our events this year.

The dialogue forum will take place on June 28, 2025 from 2:00 p.m. in the Krimml elementary school. Scientists Elke Rajal and Andreas Brunner, among others, will shed light on the fate of forgotten groups of victims. The dialogue forum’s music will be provided by the duo NIHZ.

The memorial hike that follows on June 29, 2025 takes the participants over the Krimmler Tauern to Kasern (South Tyrol/Alto Adige). The hike takes you along the historic escape route through which several thousand Jews were able to escape from Austria via Italy to what was then Mandatory Palestine. The hike is accompanied by input on the historical escape as well as current references.

Saturday, June 28, 2025

DIALOGUE FORUM KRIMML
2:00-7:00 p.m.
Location: elementary school in Krimml

Admission from 1:00 p.m., opportunity to view the traveling exhibition Overcoming Borders – Jewish Escape in the Salzburg High Mountains in 1947.
2:00 p.m. Start of the dialogue forum with a memorial event for our late founder Ernst Löschner.
This is followed by the content-related part of the Krimml Dialogue Forum with a concluding buffet.
(Full day: Check-in at the Krimml Tourist Office (Oberkrimml 37, 5743 Krimml)).

Sunday, June 29, 2025 from 6:00 a.m.

MEMORIAL HIKE
Meeting point: Tourist agency Krimml

On our commemorative hike, we follow the traces of the flight of 1947, crossing the Krimmler Tauern and hiking to Kasern in South Tyrol/Alto Adige.
The hike leads through high alpine terrain up to an altitude of 2,634 m. The pure walking time is approx. 8 hours. Appropriate physical condition, weather protection, drinksand snacks are required!
Alternatively, two shorter variants are possible, which are less strenuous and turn round and go back the same way before crossing the pass.
Please note that you have to decide on one of the options when registering and that no last-minute changes are possible, as we have to plan the respective transfers with taxis and buses in advance.

Registration is mandatory for the dialogue forum and the memorial hike.