Place · Central Europe
Vienna
City that expelled Jews in 1670 and was defended against the Ottoman siege in 1683.
48.2020°N 16.3647°E · representative coordinate · approximate · Natural Earth Vienna ↗
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The emperor expelled Vienna's Jews in 1670.
Samuel Oppenheimer organized resources for Austria's defense of Vienna in 1683.
Joseph II's 1782 Edict of Toleration removed restrictions and encouraged secular education.
Community: Habsburg Jews under toleration and Germanization.
Joseph II's 1782 Edict of Toleration removed restrictions and encouraged secular education. The edict required German surnames and banned Yiddish in legal and commercial documents.
Community: Vienna's Jews after the Anschluss
On 12 March 1938 Hitler annexed Austria, and about 190,000 more Jews fell under Nazi rule.
By the end of 1938, 44,000 of 70,000 Jewish-owned apartments in Vienna had been taken by gentiles.
On 20 August 1938 Adolf Eichmann opened Vienna's Central Office for Jewish Emigration, which forced out 110,000 Jews by June 1939.