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The Satisfied One:I am gratified by the success in Vienna of The Diary of Anne Frank. It is a harrowing play. And it…
Contributor:
Friedrich Torberg
Places:
Vienna, Austria
Date:
1957
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Thus I went to all the tsadikim and I heard what they say in secret, and I also took the letters that they or those who serve them sent to one another and they didn’t see, because by means of the…
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Joseph Perl
Places:
Vienna, Austrian Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1819
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374. No man, in isolation, can gain for himself the means through which to satisfy his physical needs and develop his spiritual strength; he…
Contributor:
Herz Homberg
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Vienna, Austrian Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1812
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Under the roof of the oldest synagogue in Prague (the Altneuschul), because of the belief that misfortune would meet the workers, there is preserved, in its primeval form and color, a piece of trunk…
Contributor:
Ludwig A. Frankl
Places:
Vienna, Austrian Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1836
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This Torah mantle was made in Vienna in the eighteenth century. It is embroidered with silk and metallic thread, metallic ribbon, and has metallic fringes. Set against a red background, this mantle’s…
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Artist Unknown
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1722/3
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This richly decorated Torah binder is thought to be from Rechnitz, based on its dedication as a gift from Gitl bat Samuel for Samuel ben Leib of Rechnitz in 1750. The Torah binder (also known as a…
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Artist Unknown
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Rechnitz, Habsburg Empire
(Rechnitz, Austria)
Date:
1750
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Samson Wertheimer (1658–1724) was the chief rabbi of Hungary and Moravia, a court Jew, and Hapsburg financier. His grave in the Viennese Seegasse cemetery is marked with an elaborately decorated…
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1724
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Leo was planning to ask his father for money to get his car fixed, perhaps as a birthday present, even though he was sure his parents already had a present for him. Since the family’s return to Vienna…
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Robert Menasse
Places:
Vienna, Austria
Date:
1991
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
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1790
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Tina Blau
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1875–1876