{"id":5835,"date":"2026-08-27T14:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/?p=5835"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:50:11","slug":"rechte-statt-almosen-die-oesterreichische-behindertenbewegung-in-der-zwischenkriegszeit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/en\/rechte-statt-almosen-die-oesterreichische-behindertenbewegung-in-der-zwischenkriegszeit\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights instead of charity! The Austrian disability rights movement in the interwar period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a9049b2b7a41&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a9049b2b7a41\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"666\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u00a9-hdgoe.avif\" alt=\"Historische Metallnadel mit der Aufschrift \u201eArbeit nicht Mitleid\u201c und \u201eErste Oesterr. Kr\u00fcppelarbeitsgemeinschaft\u201c\" class=\"wp-image-5836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u00a9-hdgoe.avif 914w, https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u00a9-hdgoe-768x560.avif 768w, https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u00a9-hdgoe-16x12.avif 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An object in the exhibition from the collection of the Vienna City and Provincial Archives, M.Abt. 119, A32 \u2013 Deleted Associations: 5985\/1926; \u00a9 hdg\u00f6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From September 29, 2026, the House of Austrian History (hdg\u00f6) will present the exhibition \u201eRights instead of charity! The Austrian disability rights movement in the interwar period\u201c.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the motto &quot;Work, not pity,&quot; people with physical disabilities founded the First Austrian Disabled Workers&#039; Association in 1926. This highly active group fought for access to work, education, and medical care. Their goal was to strengthen community and self-confidence internally and to exert influence on politics and the public sphere. With their magazine &quot;Der Kr\u00fcppel&quot; (The Disabled), the association gave their movement a strong, independent voice. The demand for work was central: it was meant to help them break free from a dependent and externally controlled life situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibition traces the history of this first wave of the disability rights movement and simultaneously highlights the precarious living conditions of people with disabilities in the interwar period. Finally, it offers a glimpse into the end of the movement with the Nazi seizure of power and the difficult new beginning after 1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The traveling exhibition is part of the project \u201e100 Years of the Disability Movement\u201c by Volker Sch\u00f6nwiese and Angela Wegscheider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further information <a href=\"https:\/\/hdgoe.at\/rechte-statt-almosen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ab 29. September 2026 zeigt das Haus der Geschichte \u00d6sterreich hdg\u00f6 die Ausstellung &#8222;Rechte statt Almosen! Die \u00f6sterreichische Behindertenbewegung in der Zwischenkriegszeit&#8220; Unter dem Motto \u201eArbeit, nicht Mitleid\u201c gr\u00fcndeten Menschen mit k\u00f6rperlichen Behinderungen 1926 die Erste \u00d6sterreichische Kr\u00fcppelarbeitsgemeinschaft. Die \u00e4u\u00dferst aktive Gruppe k\u00e4mpfte f\u00fcr Zugang zu Arbeit, Bildung und medizinischer Versorgung. Ihr Ziel war es, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"region":[2],"thema":[68],"class_list":["post-5835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ausstellung","region-wien","thema-inklusion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5837,"href":"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5835\/revisions\/5837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5835"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=5835"},{"taxonomy":"thema","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumsguide.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thema?post=5835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}