Vienna and Its Jewish Luminaries – Insiders-Outsiders in the City of Dreams

Explore the dramatic irony of turn-of-the-century Vienna, a city that both nurtured titans of Jewish thought and art—from Freud to Mahler—and became the hotbed for modern, racial antisemitism. Discover how Jewish luminaries defined Viennese modernity while simultaneously facing an increasingly hostile political and social climate.

This episode delves into the genius and the heartbreak of the “Wandering Jews” whose contributions and fates molded and reflected the modern European experience.

Links for Additional Readings:

Our City! Jewish Vienna – Then to Now at the Vienna Jewish Museum

Ambivalent Modernity: the Jewish Population in Vienna by Albert Lichtblau in Issues in Contemporary Jewish History

How To Deal With Anti-Semitic Legacies And Historically Burdened Places In Public Urban Spaces? The Case Of The Lueger Monument In Vienna at Oppatune