No Way Home: Viennese Jews in Exile

Wednesday, September 30th - Sunday, April 4th | Museum Judenplatz, Judenplatz 8, A-1010 Vienna

After the Anschluss on March 12, 1938, Vienna became a model city for the systematic expulsion of Jews. In a very short time, the third-largest Jewish community in Europe was wiped out through emigration, deportation, and murder. For those who managed to flee abroad, this meant the loss of their bourgeois existence, their possessions, and […] | more

Jewish Orientalists. Scholars and Adventurers in Search of the Self in the Other

Wednesday, November 25th - Sunday, May 9th | Museum Dorotheergasse, Dorotheergasse 11, A-1010 Wien

The exhibition traces the emergence of the Oriental studies in the nineteenth century and arrives at a surprising insight: the development of Islamic studies, Arabic studies, and Orientalism was closely intertwined with the Science of Judaism, as well as with movements of emancipation and reform. Many of its key protagonists were Viennese Jews—making “Die Morgenländer” […] | more

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