Vienna Philharmonic posthumously strips Nazis of awards

21.12.2013                      18.Tewet.5774                      Schmot

Wien:

Vienna Philharmonic posthumously strips Nazis of awards

The symbolic move follows the Philharmonic's publication earlier this year of details of its conduct during the Nazi era.

The famed Vienna Philharmonic orchestra has revoked awards it made during Hitler's rule to six leading Nazis, as it quietly responds to criticism of the way it has dealt with its past….