Historical background of Austrian Jews – Vienna<\/strong><\/p>\nIn the 1920s, one of nine Viennese was Jewish. Vienna contained the sixth largest Jewish population in the world, with just over 200,000.<\/p>\n
Constitutional rights granted to Austrian Jews from 1848-1867, especially the right to live where they wanted, to hold property and acquire a professional skills.<\/p>\n
However, when talking about Austria (Austro-Hungarian empire) during these years, we are talking about a power that held territory all over the eastern part of Europe. Its size was about 700,000 square kilometers. As a result, tens of thousands of Jews who lived in the empire came to live on the territory that today is defined as Austria – a country in Central Europe, which is about 84,000 sqm.<\/p>\n
Most of the Jews as said they preferred to emigrate to Vienna. The capital at the same time was a successful, enlightened and well -developed business city with a great many educated population. From this prosperous layer about a quarter were Jews.<\/p>\n
Vienna proved a major attraction for European Jews in the 19th and 20th centuries. These came mainly from the Czech Republic and Hungary, but also from Eastern European countries.<\/p>\n
In 1857, less than 3,000 Jews lived in the capital. However, only twelve years later in 1869 there were already 40,000 Jews. In 1880, their numbers were estimated at about 73,000, and in 1890 was almost 120,000. In 1910, the number increased to 175,000 and the record was in 1923- when all Jews in the city were slightly more than 200,000, accounting for 11% of the population.<\/p>\n
However, in 1934, we see the departure of about 30,000 Jews from Vienna. In 1951 – after the Holocaust, their numbers stood at 9,000 in total<\/p>\n
Notable achievements of Austrian Jews<\/h4>\n
Austrian Jews were a rare social phenomenon. In the midst of an anti -Semitic population, the Jews were able to flourish, invent and develop their skills in high numbers. In fact, the numbers were probably higher than anywhere else. The small population stood out in the social aspect that raised the prestige of the entire country of Austria on its shoulders. Whether it is the fields of science, mental science (psychology), business, entrepreneurship, development and more.<\/p>\n
In 1934, it was estimated to over 50% of all doctors in Vienna were Jewish. One-third of the apothecaries were Jewish, 40% of all the city’s jewelers were Jewish, 63% of cinema owners, 85% of lawyers, 74% of the sommeliers, a third of the photographers in the city, 40% of the coffee operators, 21 % of Opticians, one-third of the dental technicians and 95% of the advertising bureaus.<\/p>\n
Our thanks to Mr. Jonathan Gabrielov in writing the historical part of the article.<\/p>\n
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