Käthe Sasso was an Austrian resistance fighter, a survivor of Nazi terror, and one of the country’s most important contemporary witnesses. As a teenager, she already supported resistance against the National Socialist regime, was arrested by the Gestapo in 1942, passed through several prisons, and was later deported to RavensbrĂĽck concentration camp. After 1945, she did not stop at remembrance; throughout her life, she made visible in public what persecution, resistance, courage, and democratic responsibility mean.
The title “wirklich nie wieder” connects to the historical promise survivors formulated after 1945: that fascism, dehumanization, and political terror must never be allowed to take hold again. The word “wirklich” (“really”) turns a familiar formula into a concrete challenge to the present. It reminds us that “never again” is not a memorial phrase, but a mandate: against forgetting, against trivialization, and against repetition. That is exactly what Käthe Sasso stood for.
This website brings together texts, perspectives, and materials on Käthe Sasso, her life, and the question of what remembrance can mean today. The article overview collects all contributions. You can see who stands behind the project on the Authors page. For feedback, references, or inquiries, please use the contact page.
The content is multilingual by design. You can switch to the other language using the language switch in the page header. This site understands remembrance not only as an archive, but as an invitation to look more closely: at history, at responsibility, and at what “wirklich nie wieder” must mean in practice.