“We care, we’re curious, we progress.” Bemerkungen zur Selbstpräsentation der Geschichte der ÖMV/OMV von 1956–1968
“We care, we’re curious, we progress.” Remarks on the self-presentation of the history of ÖMV/OMV from 1956–1968

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims at a critique of the self-presentation of its history by the OMV, a central and partially state-owned Austrian gas and petrol company. Self-promoting videos from the company’s web presence are confronted with research on the industrial sector’s history, pointing out some omissions, mainly connected to the repression of the memory of national socialism and to the current business relations with Russian Federation. Thus, the paper focusses on the discussion of the history of Austrian petroleum production before 1945 and the signing of the first gas delivery contract with the Soviet Union in 1968. The narratives the company uses to frame these events and periods are compared to more general myths in Austrian collective memory.

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