The year 2013 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Richard Wagner, one of the most controversial characters of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. His essay Das Judenthum in der Musik (1850 and 1869), his operas, and many other statements established him as one of the most prominent anti-Semitic figures within the German-speaking bourgeoisie. At the same time, his musical creativity, the idea of the “Gesamtkunstwerk” [total work of art], and the cult of genius exerted an enormous influence both during his lifetime and thereafter.More
The American artist Andrew Mezvinsky is one of the most interesting young artists currently working in Vienna. His installation for the Museum Judenplatz comes from Primo Levi's reflections on survival in Auschwitz, especially Levi's thoughts on the definition of a good day at Auschwitz.More
This has been the motto of the Jewish youth movement Hashomer Hatzair (The Young Guards) throughout the hundred years of its existence. It was founded in Galicia in 1913 and even managed to survive the tragedy of the Shoah. The heroic role played by members of this movement in rebelling against the Nazi regime, culminating in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, has marked dozens of generations of shomrim [members] of Hashomer Hatzair in their search for a Jewish identity.More
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