19th Alpine Peace Crossing - Commemorative Hike

Denied – concealed – forgotten.
 
Unheard Nazi victims in 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.

Program: Saturday, 28th of June 2025

14:00-19:00: Dialogue Forum Krimml

Location: Krimml Elementary School
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.

Sunday, 29th of June 2025, from 6:00: Memorial Hike

On our Memorial Hike we will follow the traces of the 1947 escape, crossing the Krimmler Tauern and hiking to Kasern in South Tyrol/Alto Adige. The hike leads through high alpine terrain up to the altitude of 2,634m.
The walking time alone is 8 hours. Appropriate physical condition, hiking boots, weather protection, drinks, snacks and hiking poles are required!
Alternatively, two shorter variants are also possible, which are less strenuous and turn around before crossing the pass.
Please note that you must decide on one of the variants when registering and no changes are possible at short notice, as we have to plan the respective transfers with cabs and buses in advance.

Further information and registration: www.alpinepeacecrossing.org