Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on September 25, 2015

The Jewish City Temple was built in the years 1825-26 by Josef Kornhusel, the most eminent architect of the Vienna Biedermeier era.

He designed the building's interior and the religious objects as well. Since only Catholic buildings were places of worship permitted to stand adjacent to major streets, the Synagogue was fitted into an apartment complex: This is the reason that it was the only building, of 94 Jewish synagogues and temples, to survive the November pogroms of 1938 (November 9-10) without being completely destroyed.

This memorial site in the foyer of the Vienna Stadttempel Synagogue was opened at the end of 2002. It is a memorial for the 65,000 assassinated Austrian Jews, whose names are engraved on rotating slate tablets. In the center of the memorial, which was created by architect Thomas Feiger, a broken-off granite column symbolizes the Jewish community of Vienna, which was destroyed in 1938 by the Nazis.

Guided tours only: Mon - Thu 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., closed on pub. hols. (Bring a photo Identity Card!) Groups only by prior arrangement: Tel.: +43 - 1 - 535 0431 311

Jewish Community of Vienna

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Synagogue - VIENNA NOW OR NEVER

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