Blog & News
Insights into everyday archival work and the history of Erste Group: new discoveries, fascinating objects, and episodes from the company's past in the context of their time.
100 years of World Savings Day
A Journey Through Ten Decades
World Savings Day was celebrated for the first time in Austria on 31 October 1925. To this day, it remains an important date in the calendar for all savers.
To mark this milestone anniversary, we invite you to take a brief journey through time with us – guided by twelve original posters. These posters not only reflect advertising trends, but also Austria's economic and social development. And they show that the basic idea behind World Savings Day is timeless.
Objects Under the Microscope
In this section, we present a curious or particularly valuable object in detail.