Commemoration of the November Pogrom
The Jewish Museum Vienna will commemorate the November Pogrom at 2 pm on November 9, 2012, at Dorotheergasse 11. The museum is also a place of remembrance with collections and individual objects that recall the Shoah. In the presence of the director Danielle Spera we will observe a minute’s silence before looking at selected objects and the stories behind them.»more
READY! PHOTO! GO! - only for kids
The exhibition “Vienna’s Shooting Girls. Jewish Women Photographers from Vienna” shows photographs by famous Jewish women photographers from Vienna. We will look first of all at what they have taken photos of and how.»more
Gefillte Fisch & Lebensstrudel. Eine jüdische Kochshow
Book presentation by Helene Maimann
Jewish cooking has always been a type of fusion cuisine combining the different continents and cultures in which Jews have traveled or lived: a map of the Diaspora, a compass through history, religion, culture, and family life; a strudel filled with fragrances, anecdotes, nostalgia, and inquisitiveness.
Helene Maimann, film maker and hobby cook, recounts her own life and allows experts to offer insights into their cooking.»more
Lecture by Lisa Silverman as part of the exhibition "Vienna's Shooting Girls"
The exhibition “Vienna’s Shooting Girls. Jewish Women Photographers from Vienna” highlights the large number of photo studios run by Jewish women in Vienna before 1938. It looks not only at the reasons for the unusually high proportion of Jewish women from wealthy backgrounds in this profession but also at the high esthetic quality of the work of these unjustly forgotten artists.»more
Jenö Eisenberger – Wenn ich nur Österreicher wär
Book presentation
Jenö Eisenberger, born November 16, 1922, in Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary, has recounted his turbulent life to writer Christof Habres: from his hazardous survival with forged papers in the Budapest underground and his flight from the Nazis to his beginnings as a stand holder at the Naschmarkt in Vienna, the development of …»more
A journey in time through the Matzo Island
GUIDED TOUR
A journey in time through the Matzo Island – a walk with photographer Josef Polleross and the Jewish Museum Vienna»more
Young Austria discussion
The organization Young Austria was founded in Great Britain in March 1939. It offered a home from home for some 1,300 members and was closely linked with the Austrian Centre and Free Austrian Movement. Around one quarter of its members returned to Austria after the war to help…»more
Jewish Filmclub at the Jewish Museum Vienna
La cámara oscura
Getrudis, daughter of Jewish immigrants, lived in the late nineteenth century in the Argentinian province of Entre Rios. From her childhood onwards, she had heard repeatedly how unattractive and plain she was. She withdrew increasingly and always hid her face on family photos.»more
