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The directorate is obliged to inform you that you are relieved of your duties as ballet school teacher, effective immediately. Heil Hitler!
— This is the termination letter to Risa Dirtl who had been with the Vienna State Opera for 14 years. The letter was dated 16 March 1938 - just 3 days after Hitler annexed Austria. Risa Dirtl’s only “crime” was that her husband was a Jew.
Hitler addresses a crowd of 200,000 who came out to greet him as he arrived in Vienna. Within hours the purging of Jews had begun, partly by the Nazis themselves but also by Austrians who could finally release all their hatreds and bigotry against their fellow citizens.
There is unbelievable jubilation in Austria. We ourselves did not think that sympathies would be so intense.
— Göring
It is easy to assume that the Nazi takeover of Austria was generally brutal but it was not - so long as you were not Jewish. As Hitlers troops crossed the border women ran into the street crying to welcome them. These tears in this photograph are real tears of joy that at last the dream of uniting the German speaking peoples was happening. Austria was militarily occupied without a shot being fired.
The Real Refuses exhibition is on again in Sydney.
This is the 12th Real Refuses exhibition. Started in 1997 by Tony Johansen it has always been regarded as “the democratic Archibald”. The Archibald Prize is the biggest prize in Australasia for portraiture. Winning the prize brings fame and money but like the Salon in Paris it is regarded by artist’s as a closed ecosystem of favoratism and famous names. The Real Refuses represents all those struggling artists who have been rejected by the establishment for the official prize. No artist is ever rejected by the Real Refuses. It is about inclusiveness and giving all artists a chance. The first year people said it could never work, yet now, 12 years later, it is a respected part of the Archibald circus. Oh, the establishment likes to pretend we don’t exist, but the artists have embraced us and enjoy the empowerment that our simple exhibition offers.
From the traditionally refined…
The winner of the People’s Choice award was the artwork but in particular this wonderful sculptural work.
Artists hanginging their own work. The Real Refuses has always been an artist run exhibition for the benefit of artists and has a beautiful artistic comraderie.
The real refuses has always been more than just the art on the walls.
