Introduction
 
Vienna:
A City at the
Crossroads
 
The Jewish
Community
 
The Tragedy
of Success:
Jews in the Public Life
 
The Rise of
the Women's
Movement
 
Innovations in the Arts,
Sciences and
Literature
 

Nazi Era:
Starting Over

 

Vienna –  A City at the Crossroads
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Even though Vienna was turning into the center of modernism by the end of the 19th century, traditional music and ballets remained a constant staple in Vienna’s cultural life.

Revolt of Women

This image showing the final act of The Revolt in the Women’s Seraglio, a popular  ballet by the French dancer and choreographer Auguste Vestris, was published in Wiener Theaterzeitung, ca. 1860