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The Holocaust drastically reduced the Jewish community in Austria and only 8,140 Jews remained in Austria according to the 2001 census. Today, Austria has a Jewish population of 10,300 and a total of 33,000 when including any Austrian with at least one Jewish grandparent. [1]
The history of the Jews in Vienna, Austria, goes back over eight hundred years.There is evidence of a Jewish presence in Vienna from the 12th century onwards. [1]At the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century, Vienna was one of the most prominent centres of Jewish culture in Europe, but during the period of National-Socialist rule in Austria, Vienna's Jewish population was ...
In March 1938, Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany and thousands of Austrians and Austrian Jews who opposed Nazi rule were sent to concentration camps. Of the 65,000 Viennese Jews deported to concentration camps, only about 2,000 survived, while around 800 survived World War II in hiding. [1]
By the 1930s, 300,000 Jews lived in Austria, most of them in Vienna. Following the Anschluss with Nazi Germany, most of the community emigrated or were killed in the Holocaust. The current Austrian Jewish population is 9,000. [1] The following is a list of some prominent Austrian Jews. Here German-speaking Jews from the whole Habsburg monarchy ...
Two hundred Jews, the last practicing in Austria, were burned at the stake outside Vienna. 1423: Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans, king of Hungary, king of Croatia and Bohemia and Albert the Magnanimous's father-in-law, appointed Albert margrave of Moravia. 1424: 10 June: Ernest the Iron died.
By the outbreak of war in September 1939 however, according to some estimates, as many as 126,445 Jews had departed Austria. Between 58,000 and 66,260 Jews remained in the country. Emigration from the Reich was ultimately banned in October 1941. At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, the following data were presented: 147,000 Jews ...
Pages in category "Jewish Austrian history" ... History of the Jews in Austria; History of the Jews in Innsbruck; 0–9. 1782 Edict of Tolerance; A. Alpine Peace ...
History of the Jews in Austria. History of the Jews in Innsbruck; History of the Jews in Belarus; History of the Jews in Central Asia; History of the Jews in China. Kaifeng Jews; History of the Jews in the Czech Republic; History of the Jews in Egypt; History of the Jews in Ethiopia. Beta Israel; History of the Jews in Europe. Antisemitism in ...