Diskussionswürdige Ehrungen | Honors worthy of discussion

Kritische Reflexion der bisherigen Ehrungen 2023: „Diskussionswürdige“ Ehrungen

The critical critical review of the University of Vienna's honors practice to date in 2022/23 was based on the following definition of “honors worthy of discussion (diskussionswürdig)”:

"Honors of persons who have rather formally supported ideologies or functionaries* who have emerged through anti-Semitic, racist, fascist content or have propagated prejudices towards group-related misanthropy (such as simple NSDAP members without further functions and public commitment) are considered worthy of discussion"

From today's perspective, 39 people who received a total of 56 honors were classified as “worthy of discussion” (the number of honorees differs from the number of honors due to seven double honors, two triple honors and two quadruple honors).

These are distributed across eleven faculties and centers of the University of Vienna, with ten honorees or 15 honors being awarded by the former Faculty of Medicine/current Medical University of Vienna (see chart).

 

Authors

Herbert Posch, Katharina Kniefacz, Ulrike Denk, Nina Knieling, Thomas Maisel

Last updated

23.10.2026

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Problematic Worthy of discussion
Surname First name Honor Title Faculty Date
Pöch Rudolf Monument in arcaded court Faculty of Philosophy 1933
Hochstetter Ferdinand Monument Faculty of Medicine 1932-11-21
Seipel Ignaz Honorary Doctorate Dr. jur. h.c. Faculty of Law and State 1931-05-09
Toldt Carl Honorary Doctorate Dr. phil. h.c. Faculty of Philosophy 1920-05-02
Albert Eduard Denkmal Arkadenhof Medizinische Fakultät 1909-10-22
Rosas Anton Edler von Commemorative Plaque of Faculty Faculty of Medicine 1893-05-24
Clar Eberhard Room Name Eberhard-Clar-Saal (UZA II) Faculty of Natural Sciences