Word: schwechat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...attention has been diverted by the war in the Middle East, Austria's door has remained open. Nearly 4,000 Jews have been quietly processed through SchÖnau, where they have remained until leaving for Israel on the El Al Airlines jets that depart Vienna's Schwechat Airport nightly. In the past two years, nearly 50,000 Jews have been processed through SchÖnau and the rate shows no sign of declining...
...endanger the transit of Soviet-Jewish emigres through Austria. We hope we shall come up with a solution in the very near future." Most likely, Kreisky eventually will close SchÖnau and then open another transit center, possibly in a well-guarded building at Schwechat Airport. This would have the double advantage of allowing Kreisky to keep his word to the terrorists and also shorten as much as possible the duration of the emigrants' stay in Austria...
...their prisoners managed to escape in the confusion. But when the train stopped at Vienna, the others were hustled aboard a Volkswagen bus owned by the Austrian railroad. With the captured customs officer at the wheel, the bus rushed to Schwechat airport on the outskirts of the city. The Austrians were so anxious to avoid bloodshed that police cars, alerted to what had happened, escorted the bus to the airport instead of trying to stop...