Palais Todesco stands along Kärntner Straße as a prominent example of the Ringstraße era, recognizable by its five-story Neo-Renaissance façade of arched windows and pilasters. Constructed between eighteen sixty-one and eighteen sixty-four…
Jewish History of Vienna
This walk traces the history of Vienna's Jewish community from the Middle Ages through the heights of the 19th century to the tragic events of the Holocaust and post-war survival. We will visit historic synagogues, poignant memorials, and former community landmarks to honor this enduring heritage.
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1. Palais Todesco
2. Monument Against War and Fascism
The Monument Against War and Fascism occupies the site of the former Philipphof, a large residential building destroyed during an Allied bombing raid on March twelfth, nineteen forty-five. Hundreds of people who had sought shelter in the…
3. Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna
The Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna sits within the Palais Eskeles, an eighteenth-century aristocratic townhouse on Dorotheergasse. Its white-washed, stucco-decorated facade stands out on the narrow street, marking the entrance to a…
4. Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial
The Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial is a massive, concrete block sitting in the center of the square, recognizable by its textured surface of inward-facing, cast-concrete books. Unveiled in the year two thousand, this monument was designed…
5. Stadttempel
The Stadttempel is tucked into a dense block of residential buildings at Seitenstettengasse four, hidden from the street by a plain facade. Completed in eighteen twenty-six and designed by the architect Joseph Kornhäusel, the interior…
6. Denkmal Morzinpalais
The memorial on Morzinplatz stands as a granite and bronze marker on the northern corner of the square. It occupies a site of immense consequence, marking the location where the Hotel Metropole once stood. During the Nazi occupation of…
7. אהל משה
Ohel Moshe is a synagogue tucked into the second district of Vienna, Leopoldstadt. It functions as a center for religious life and study, housing a place of prayer and a kollel for adult Torah education. The synagogue is specifically found…
8. Mahnmal mit vier weißen Säulen am Gelände des zerstörten Leopoldstädter Tempel
Four tall white pillars rise from the ground here, marking the site where the Leopoldstädter Tempel once stood as the largest and most magnificent synagogue in Vienna. Completed in eighteen fifty-eight according to the plans of architect…