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Heute ist der Gedenktag gegen Gewalt und Rassismus im Gedenken an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus. 🕯
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#remembrance #remember #jewishmuseumvienna #jewishvienna #instamuseum #wien #vienna
Shabbat Shalom! Habt ein schönes Wochenende 😊
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#shabbat #shalom #freitag #friday #wochenende #weekend #jewishmuseumvienna #instamuseum #streetsofvienna #jewishvienna #lovevienna #wien #vienna
A really unusual building I had never noticed before caught my attention, as you might expect amongst all the fin de siecle fanciness of the 19th district. The apartment house was built in 1930 or 1931 in the so-called "Bauhaus style" and is the work of architect Wilhelm Ohrenstein. It is a listed building, or as they say in German " it stands under monument protection". There is very little information about the architect or the commission online, he doesn't feature in the azw architektenlexikon.at. Let's at least give the man a well-deserved hashtag.
(PostScript: after some delving the lack of information is explained by Wilhelm 'Wolf' Ohrenstein being forced into Brazilian exile by the Nazis. He was a building contractor from the 3rd district. This information provided by the Stones of Remembrance association, although no memorial stone listed. Genealogy site geni.com shows quite a large Jewish Ohrenstein family, originally from what is nowadays Ukraine.
1912-1920 he owned a private school for general construction and 'system Stephan' surveying at 1030 Löwengasse 45, with Commercial Engineer Artur Biber, a specialist in bridge building and chairman of the Economic Committee of the Chamber of Engineers for Vienna, Lower Austria & Burgenland.
According to dasmuseen.net Wilhelm lived in Dapontegasse 9 with wife Friederike and children Kurt, Hans and Dolly. He was an engineer and had a construction company, at that same address, which was 'Arianised'.
He emigrated to Brazil with his wife and daughter Dolly. It's unknown if he designed anymore buildings. Kurt and Hans emigrated to Israel where they lived long lives.)
This gem will soon be partially obscured behind trees and balcony plants. The first picture was on an overcast day and the rest in the glorious spring sunshine.
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#1930
#bauhausdesign
#bauhausstil
#wienmalanders
#wilhelmohrenstein
#fensterdienstag
#windowtuesday
#doorsandwindows
#ihavethisthingwithdoors
#doorsofinstagram
#doorsofdistinction
#balcony
#doorthursday
#türendonnerstag
#facadelovers
#viennaarchitecture
#so_vienna
#igersvienna
#döbling
#jewishvienna
After many years of staking out this doorway, I finally got a shot without a pesky *parked car*. In the 18th district on Tuerkenschanzplatz, the inner- city style palais was constructed 1914-15 to the plans of Miklos Bukovics and Gustav Knell. The monumental door flanked by ionic half columns with a broken pediment and allegorical figures.
George Clare (Georg Klaar) wrote about visiting this house in his memoirs "Letzer Waltz in Wien/Last Waltz in Vienna - The Destruction of a Family 1842 - 1942. "My grandmother's apartment, grandmother Adela Schapira, took up the entire top floor of a very grand house at Tuerkenschanzplatz 7." Whilst Clare managed to escape nazi Austria for Ireland, his well-to-do parents perished in Auschwitz. #neverforget
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#door
#türendonnerstag
#doorthursday
#währing
#jewishvienna
#doorstagram
#doorsofinstagram
#doorsofdistinction
#1914
#miklosbukovics
#neobaroque
#so_vienna
#igersvienna
#ihavethisthingwithdoors
#viennaarchitecture
#facadelovers
#doorlovers
Shiny six-stranded challah decorated with an ornamental letter "vav" - the long string symbolizes the Hebrew letter that stands for the number 6: The two challos for shabbos thus add up to 12, which is the number of show breads of the temple's bread offering. Get the recipe and instructions over at my blog JewishVienneseFood.com -> https://jewishviennesefood.com/challah-at-ya-from-vienna-the-austrian-origins-of-the-classic-jewish-braided-eggy-yeast-bread-recipe-iconicjewishfood/ #challah #challahdough #challahbake #challahmaking #challahbread #challahbraiding #challahbaking #challahrecipe #shabbat #shabbatshalom #shabbos #gutshabbos #gitshabbos #gitshabbes #lekovodshabbos #jewish #jewishbread #jewishbaking #jewishcooking #jewishfood #jewishcuisine #jewishtradition #jewishculture #jewishheritage #jewishvienna #jewishmuseumvienna #jewishviennatours
A few weeks ago we asked if you knew the difference between the Stones of Remembrance in Austria and Stumbling Stones in Europe. 🇦🇹 🇪🇺
81 percent of respondents to our poll didn't know the difference.
We are here to help change that.
The stolpersteine (Stumbling Stones) project originated in 1992 by an artist in Germany, as a way to commemorate the individuals deported and killed by the Nazis. It places a brass plate at the last freely chosen place of residency of individuals who were killed in the Holocaust, all over Europe.
Inspired by the Stolpersteine project, in 2006 Dr. Elizabeth Ben David-Hindler founded the Path of Remembrance Society in the Viennese suburb called Leopoldstadt. Throughout the neighborhood the Society placed brass plaques called the Stones of Remembrance.
The Stones of Remembrance contain information about Jewish institutions, organizations, and individuals who were victims of the Holocaust.
What makes the Stones of Remembrance initiative unique from Stumbling Stones is that it works not only to commemorate the victims but also to eternalize the vibrant cultural life they created.
Have you seen either the Stumbling Stones or the Stones of Remembrance in person? What do you think of the projects?
#stolpersteine #stumblingstones #stonesofremembrance #holocaustmemorial #jewishaustria #jewishvienna #leopoldstadt #jewisheurope #jewishinstitutions
𝕱𝖆𝖐𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖋𝖗𝖊𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖌: Im Hof eines Pensionistenheimes liegt der älteste, bestehende jüdische Friedhof Wiens (16.Jhdt). Damals erreichten die JüdInnen ihre heilige Stätte über das “Gassel allwo der Juden Grabstätte”, die heutige Seegasse. Insgesamt wurden hier 931 Personen beerdigt.
1669 erwarb Samuel Oppenheimer diesen Friedhof, er sollte ihn später renovieren und ein jüdisches Siechenhaus errichten. Es wurde dann durch ein Altersheim ersetzt. Aber bereits ein Jahr später änderte sich alles zum Schlechten. Der Kaiser verbannte die jüdische Gemeinde aus der Stadt. Just in diesem Jahr starb der Geschäftsmann Jakob Fränkl, er war einer der Letzten, der in diesen Boden gebettet wurde. Seine Söhne wollten daher sicher gehen, dass die Totenruhe des Vaters nicht gestört werden würde. Deshalb gaben sie dem Magistrat 4.000 Gulden. Der Friedhof stand nun unter "staatlichem" Schutz.
Der nächste Todesstoß stand 1784 vor der Türe. Denn der Kaiser ließ die Friedhöfe innerhalb der Stadt schließen. Die JüdInnen schafften es aber Joseph II. ein Privileg abzuringen, der heilige Boden überdauerte dadurch abermals.
Und dann kamen die Nationalsozialisten, sie konfiszierten das Gelände und gaben die Grabsteine zur “Wiederverwertung” frei. Die israelitische Gemeinde konnte damals einige Steine retten, sie wurden am Zentralfriedhof vergraben. Ein Held dieser Tage war Robert Kraus. Dank alter Pläne konnten nach dem Krieg, 280 Grabsteine an ihren ursprünglichen Plätzen wieder aufgestellt werden.
Ein anderer Retter sollte auch nicht vergessen werden, in den 1970ern setzte sich Herr Mosche Schulem Grussgott mit offensichtlichem Erfolg für den Fortbestand der Grabstätte ein. Er wird vor Ort mit folgenden Worten geehrt:
“Seine selbstlosen Taten für den Frieden der Toten möge im Himmel den Anbeginn von deren Auferstehung bei Techiat HaMetim erwirken”.
Tipp: Der Friedhof ist für jeden besuchbar, frage einfach bei der Rezeption im Altersheim nach.
#schalom #faktenfreitag #wiensgeschichten #jewishmuseumvienna
#mementomori #igvienna #igersvienna #urbanexploring #jewishvienna #visitvienna #vienna_love #wien #cemetaries #stadtwien #viennacity #travelvienna #secretplaces
A git #YomTov! Traditional #challah shapes (continued): #Torah scroll for Simchas Toirah (and #Shavuos ).
Read more about the recipe and the techniques over at my site JewishVienneseFood.com (link is in the bio)
#challahdough #challahshapes #challahbread #challahbake #challahbraiding #jewishfood #jewishcooking #jewishcuisine #jewishbaking #jewishholiday #jewishholidays #jewishtraditions #jewishheritage #jewishculture #jewish #jewishrenewal #jewishvienna #jewishmuseumvienna #jewishtradition #jewishlife #simchattorah #chagsameach
A giten Yom Tov. Here some more traditional challah shape: Grapes for Sukkos!
Read more https://jewishviennesefood.com/
#yomtov #sukkot #sukkos #challah #challahbread #challahbake #challahbraiding #challahshape #jewishfood #jewishcooking #jewishcuisine #jewishbaking #jewishholiday #jewishholidays #jewishtraditions #jewishheritage #jewishculture #jewish #jewishrenewal #jewishvienna #jewishmuseumvienna #jewish #jewishtradition #jewishviennatours #jewishlife #grapes