Should Austria’s capital Vienna be part of a blog that deals with the Jewish heritage of Eastern Europe? Necessarily, because Vienna was not only the gateway from Central Europe to the eastern provinces of the Habsburg Empire, it was also the gateway to the West for many Jewish immigrants in search of a better future. A travel report.

Rossau Cemetery

Rossau Cemetery

Rossau Cemetery

Rossau Cemetery

Rossau Cemetery

Rossau Cemetery

Rossau Cemetery

Rossau Cemetery

Rossau Cemetery

Central Cemetery

Central Cemetery

Central Cemetery

Central Cemetery

Central Cemetery

Central Cemetery

Central Cemetery

Central Cemetery

Plaque in Leopoldstadt

Palais Ephrussi

Palais Ephrussi

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