Ute Bock
Ute Bock (born June 27, 1942 in Linz, +19 January 2018 in Vienna) has become known as a refugee worker and human rights activist. After her retirement in May 2002, the educator founded the "Ute Bock Association - Wohn- und Integrationsprojekt", which she headed on a voluntary basis. Ute took care of housing, clothing, German courses and the provision of legal and medical assistance to refugees and asylum seekers. Ute Bock was active from 1962 for the municipality of Vienna, most recently as "home mother" of the journeyman home in Zohmanngasse in Vienna's 10th district. In the early 1990s, the Youth Welfare Office increasingly sent foreign youth, initially refugees from the Yugoslav wars, later also people from Africa. Often these were young people who did not receive any state support during their asylum procedure. Bock made an effort to give them German courses, odd jobs and sleeping places outside the crowded home. Over the years, her commitment to asylum seekers had grown stronger and stronger. With the help of a growing network of volunteer helpers, Bock organized apartments that she financed with donations and out of pocket. In her housing project, she soon provided around 100 apartments for over 300 people from more than 20 countries. The entrepreneur Hans-Peter Haselsteiner supported the association financially in 2008, when it was about to go bankrupt. In 2011, he bought the building of the former journeyman's home in Zohmanngasse through his private foundation Concordia and financed its renovation. In 2012, the association moved into the house with housing for about 70 refugees. Ute Bock also lived there in a small apartment. After a short illness Bock died on 19 January 2018.
My Testimonial for Flight-Stone 2
Thank you so much for mentioning my name, I feel very honored. I always hoped that I would become unnecessary, but unfortunately many people here in Austria have not yet understood that refugees are first and foremost people, people who flee hunger and murder. They need our help. Since you can not just look away and say, they should go back where they came from. That's not how it works. Thankfully, there are also many good people who think the same way I do and support my work. For a few weeks now we have many new volunteers who are studying with our refugee children. They are brave and hard-working children who do their homework with us and practice reading. I am very happy that today in the Krimml Achental there are people who are ready to help people in need, no matter what skin color a person has or where he or she comes from. "
Letter to Ute Bock
Ute Bock
The long list of prizes awarded to Ute Bock for her extraordinary commitment to a human refugee policy and a respectable welcoming culture over the last seventeen years, does not even convey the performance of the former teacher from Vienna to displaced,... weiterlesen
Ernst Löschner
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