To be properly prepared for the funny Purim festival on March 12, you will experience a Purim game already one week in advance. We will perform the story of the courageous Queen Esther today as a pantomime, which all children can play a role in. You will find out the story and the way it is “packed” before the performance.More
Born in 1913 in Neusohl/Banská Bystrice (today in Slovakia), Marko Feingold spent his childhood and adolescence in Vienna. His activity as a commercial agent in Fascist Italy of the 1930s, his futile flight from the Nazis to Prague and his imprisonment in the year 1938 shaped the early years of his life. He survived the concentration camps of Auschwitz, Neuengamme, Dachau and Buchenwald. After being liberated by the Allies, Feingold made his way to Salzburg.More
Just use the code word “Women’s Day” to obtain two entrance tickets for the price of one adult ticket (EUR 12) on March 8, 2017 at the ticket counters of the Jewish Museum Vienna.More
One hundred years ago women faced considerable obstacles in every way to be artists: From the formal training, to the membership in the most important artists’ associations and the participation in exhibitions.More
“Living pictures” were THE leisure pursuit of gentle folk in the 19th century. Scenes from paintings, operas or plays were re-enacted thereby. We are guests at the famous Jewish family Todesco and, with funny props from the 21st century, we develop a scene in the Palais. Just like it was the custom earlier, we design the proper invitation cards in the studio.More
The University Archive of the Vienna University of Technology has listed all the names of those affiliated with the Technical University in Vienna of the year 1938 who were subject to Nazi persecution.More
Considerable, newly discovered correspondence of the composer provides a self-evident witness of an eventful life of the eminent family of artists. From the burning love of the married couple to their exile in America – the creative writer maintains wit and fantasy at all times.More
Shalom & Servus! Hebrew for (young) beginners. In the course, you will discover what the Hebrew letters, written from right to left, sound like, and will also learn a few simple sentences. And then you can make a nameplate, in Hebrew of course, to take home with you.More
In this book, Ruth Steindling and Claudia Erdheim trace the life journey of a courageous woman who put her life on the line for her ideals and spoke little about the suffering she had endured. Taking very personal approaches, the authors examine the question of which consequences this had for her children and grandchildren.More
