List of Austrian Jews

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Austria first became a center of Jewish learning during the 13th century. However, increasing anti-semitism led to the expulsion of the Jews in 1669. Following formal readmission in 1848, a sizable Jewish community developed once again, contributing strongly to Austrian culture. By the 1930s, some 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 around 7,400. The following is a list of some prominent Austrian Jews. Here German speaking Jews from the whole Habsburg Empire are listed.

Contents

[edit] Historical figures

[edit] Politicians

[edit] Other

[edit] Academic figures

[edit] Scientists

[edit] Psychologists

[edit] Social and political scientists

"Born less than a week apart, Adolf Hitler and the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein attended the institution together. There is a haunting school photograph of the young, complex, Jewish philosopher just one row away from the most evil tyrant of the 20th century."

[edit] Cultural figures

[edit] Film and stage

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Composers

[edit] Artists

[edit] Writers

[edit] Sport figures

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Others

  • Jean Améry, an ethnic Jew, noted for having written one of the central texts on the Nazi death camps
  • Viktor Aptowitzer (July 16, 1871, Tarnopol, Galizien, - December 5, 1942, Jerusalem), Jewish theologian, Talmudist;[18] "two Austrian Jewish scholars - Samuel Krauss and Viktor Aptowitzer"
  • Rudolf Auspitz (July 7, 1837, Vienna - March 8, 1906, Vienna), Austrian politician, entrepreneur (Unternehmer) [19]
  • Friedrich Austerlitz (April 25, 1862, Hochlieben, Bohemia - July 5, 1931, Vienna), Austrian journalist, politician
  • Joseph Samuel Bloch (November 20, 1850, Dukla, Galizien - October 1, 1923, Vienna), Austrian publicist, politician [20]
  • Ludo Moritz Hartmann, Austrian Jewish historian and statesman [21] " two lay Jews Ludo Moritz Hartmann"
  • Paul Hatvani, exactly Paul Hirsch (August 16, 1892, Vienna - November 9, 1975, Kew, near Melbourne), Austrian Jewish writer, chemist [22] "Paul Hatvani, a German Jewish refugee"

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ [1] Accessed 8 Feb 2007.
  2. ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "born in Linz, Austria, of Jewish parents"
  3. ^ [2] "Growing up in Vienna in a well-to-do Jewish family..." [3] "One of the most brilliant Jewish scientists to be driven from Germany by Nazi persecution..."
  4. ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "born in Vienna of Jewish parentage"
  5. ^ Biography of Ernest Koliqi, Shkoder.net Authors from Shkodra: "Norbert Jokl (1877-1942), the renowned Austrian Albanologist of Jewish origin" Accessed 8 Dec 2006.
  6. ^ Bing - [4] Rudolf Bing... had been born a Jew in Vienna"
  7. ^ a b Kreisler - [5] "Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Kreisler, Mischa Elman... were all Jews, too"
  8. ^ Jewish Chronicle, February 16, 2007, p.14: "he carried on as the sole Jewidh conductor of the Kulturbund"
  9. ^ Korngold Society: "he got thrown out of Vienna because he was Jewish" Jessica Duchen, author of E. Korngold's biography); Korngold Society: "BRNO, where the composer was born"; accessed 6 Feb 2007.
  10. ^ The Literary Encyclopedia: "Karl Kraus was born in Jicin (or Gitschin), Czechoslovakia (then a part of Austria-Hungary) into a Jewish family." Accessed 8 Feb 2007.
  11. ^ [6] "Hungarian writer Felix Salten" [7] "Hungarian/Austrian Jewish writer Felix Salten"
  12. ^ [8] "Everyone knows Walt Disney's Bambi. Far fewer know that the author of the original book was the Austrian writer, Felix Salten."
  13. ^ [9] "..Austrian novelist and journalist..."
  14. ^ [10]
  15. ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "born of Jewish parents at Vienna"
  16. ^ jewish Encyclopedia "born June 10, 1759, at Prostiebor, near Kladrau, in the district of Pilsen, Bohemia" accessed 8 Feb 2007
  17. ^ Jewish Encyclopedia

[edit] See also

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