On behalf of Anton Zeilinger, President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, all researchers and colleagues are cordially invited to a public film screening, which takes place on

Friday, 8 November 2019, at 17:00 clock,

in the ballroom of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

The film "The Class of" 38th Exile & Excellence" will show personal interviews of the life experiences and fates of sixteen outstanding scientists accessible, who were persecuted as children and adolescents by the National Socialists and expelled from Austria.

Eric Kandel, who celebrates his 90th birthday in Vienna the day before, will personally attend as one of the protagonists of the film.