 Jewish Vienna in Leopoldstadt |
 |
A walk through the vanished world of Vienna's Jewish Quarter between the Danube and the Canal. Leopoldstadt, Vienna's second district, was once a hub of Jewish life. Some of the town's finest synagogues were to be found there, also a wide array of Jewish shops, clubs, theatres and coffeehouses, and the splendid Grain Exchange, focal point of Jewish commercial interests. Leopoldstadt was also a central-European stronghold of Zionism and Chassidism. Sigmund Freud spent his youth there, composers Arnold Schönberg and Oscar Strauss were born there. This Jewish world was brutally destroyed in the Shoah, but new Jewish life is coming back. On this tour we also follow a stretch of the newly-established "Path of Remembrance" commemorating the Jewish victims of Nazi terror.
|
| |
| Meeting Point: | 1., Corner of Rotenturmstrasse / Schwedenplatz (McDonald's) |
| Attention: | This tour can easily be fitted into a bus tour of Vienna. The starting point is close to the coach on park Schwedenplatz. Private tours by request. |
| Dates: | Every Friday 1:30 pm | | |
 |
Dr. Brigitte Timmermann |
e.mail: | brigitte@viennawalks.com |
Tel: | +43+43 1 774 89 01 |
Fax: | +43 +43 1 774 89 33 |
mobil: | +43 +43 664 511 27 59 |
|
|
|
