Jewish History in Vienna: Culture, Cosmopolitanism, and Crisis

From the Middle Ages until 1938, the Jewish community in Vienna was one of the largest in Europe – reaching 185,000 individuals at its peak. Our 3-hour Jewish Vienna walking tour explores the tumultuous experiences of Vienna’s Jewish citizens, through settlement, expulsion, genocide, and revival. Your expert historian guide will shed light on the influential contributions of Jewish intellectual and cultural icons such as psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and Vienna Opera director Gustav Mahler, and the fragile revitalization of Vienna’s Jewish community taking place today.