Introduction
  
Vienna:
A City at the
Crossroads
  
The Jewish
Community
  
The Tragedy
of Success:
Jews in the Public Life
  
The Rise of
the Women's
Movement
  
Innovations in the Arts,
Sciences and
Literature
  

Nazi Era:
Starting Over
 
         
 
Jews Waiting for Visas

Jews wait in line at Vienna’s  Margarethen police station for exit visas after Germany's annexation of Austria, March 1938
   
Anti-semetic graffiti

Shortly after the German annexation of Austria,
Nazi Storm Troopers stand guard outside a Jewish owned business. Graffiti painted on the window states: "You Jewish pig may your hands rot off!" Vienna, Austria, March 1938
Vienna 1938
Letter to the Jewish Community
Circular letter by the director of the Jewish Community, Dr. Lowenherz, informing members of the congregation that the Jewish Community has resumed its activities on May 2, 1938.

The Community's main endeavor is to facilitate the emigration of destitute members and youths, and to stand together in these hard times.
Artist Unknown
Viennese pedestrians view a large Nazi sign posted on a restaurant window informing the public that this business is run by an organization of the Nazi party and that Jews are not welcome.
Vienna, Austria, March-April 1938