Translated title | Jewish Brigittenau. Traces of a Vanished Culture. Calatog of the exhibition of the same name from the Urban Regeneration Office Brigittenau |
Author |
Peter Payer. |
Imprint |
Vienna, Austria, 1995. 87 pp., 56 illus., 29.4 × 20.4 cm. German. |
Location |
Gebietsbetreuung Brigittenau (7 June–30 September 1995) |
Description |
A photographic exhibition on Jewish life in the Brigittenau district of Vienna before, during and after the Holocaust. Catalog in 19 sections, with texts and images on topics such as: Brigittenau—a Jewish district; religious life; kosher shops; Joseph Roth—Else Feldmann; “The eternal Jew”; Kristallnacht; deportation and destruction; after 1945; the slow return to normalcy, etc. Includes listings of synagogues and prayer houses, Jewish schools, organizations, and kosher establishments, all with street addresses. Brief biographies of two elderly Jewish women from Brigittenau: Ella Rosenstrauch and Anna Rattner. No itemized listing. |
main keywords |
HOLOCAUSTKRISTALLNACHTPHOTOGRAPHSSYNAGOGUESVIENNA |
minor keywords |
Antisemitic images/objectsHistorical documentsHistorical photographsHomes/Residences, JewishRoth, JosephSynagogues, architectural plansSynagogues, AustriaSynagogues, Vienna |
Other edition |
Second edition Peter Payer, Jüdisches Brigittenau: auf den Spuren einer verschwundenen Kultur. Katalog der gleichnamigen Ausstellung der Gebietsbetreuung Brigittenau, 5.–28. November 1997, Vienna, 1997. |
Second showing |
Gebietsbetreuung Brigittenau (5–28 November 1997) |