the austrian holocaust memorial service (ahms) is an alternative to austria's compulsory national military service / alternative service as well as a volunteering platform for austrians founded in 1992 by dr. andreas maislinger. since 1998 it is part of the austrian service abroad. ahms representatives serve at major holocaust memorial institutions around the world. the german name is gedenkdienst (memorial service). the ahma serves the remembrance of the crimes of nazism as well as the commemoration of its victims.