Mon. 13.07.2026

No Way Home: Viennese Jews in Exile

 
After the Anschluss on March 12, 1938, Vienna became a model city for the systematic expulsion of Jews. In a very short time, the third-largest Jewish community in Europe was wiped out through emigration, deportation, and murder. For those who managed to flee abroad, this meant the loss of their bourgeois existence, their possessions, and their homeland. Jewish Viennese were scattered all over the world: to European countries, North and South America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. They had to rebuild their lives in a foreign country.

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Elsa Klarwills Dirndl
Elsa Klarwills Dirndl
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Henry Steiner
Henry Steiner
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Aus Wien vertrieben
Aus Wien vertrieben
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Zsigo und Hedwig Palästina Visum
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Rita and Ronald Halbright Willie Buch
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