20,000 euros for a good cause: Südbahnhotel supports #WE_DO!

20,000 euros for a good cause: Südbahnhotel supports #WE_DO!

In a remarkable step, the old theater props of the controversial director Paulus Manker achieved an impressive sum of 20,000 euros for charitable purposes. This sum was collected from the sale of the props, which arose according to a large theater and court proceedings around the staging of "Alma- A Show Biz on the End". The objects were offered for sale in the Südbahnhotel am Semmering and attracted a variety of collectors and interested parties.

This week the amount to the initiative "#we_do!" Handed over, an organization that works for the fight against abuse of power and discrimination in the film industry. The choice of this organization is no coincidence, because Paulus Manker has had to be confronted with allegations in the past that are connected to attacks.

The background of the auction

The props found their way to sale after various legal disputes. Despite court decisions, Manker had refused to clear the Südbahnhotel, which is why the hotel was forced to interfere with the objects in a depot in Neunkirchen. At the foreclosure in August, Manker made no offer, so that the hotel received the entire inventory and commissioned the “meaningful recycling” of the props.

a well -deserved support

Christian Zeller, the owner of the Südbahnhotel and Manker opponent, rounded up the amount to 20,000 euros. "We are pleased that the props could be added to further use. In our view, a nice end to history," said Stefan Hitzler, the managing director of the hotel, for this successful collection.

The initiative "#WE_DO!" thanks for the generous donation. According to Meikke Lauggas, the head of "#we_do!", The money is invested in prevention projects in order to establish new standards in the industry. She pointed out that the donation is associated with many painful experiences and thus a sign of positive changes in the cultural industry is set. The employees of the Kulturverein Südbahnbühne campaigned intensively for the project and worked around 300 working hours to put this action on their feet.

The props not only created material values, but also a significant symbolic value that stands for a better and fairer cultural industry.