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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The World Fair of 1873 was held in Vienna in the Prater Park, which was comprised of approximately 4,000 acres of lawns, gardens, and forests, and had been open to the public since 1766. The Fair was designed to showcase Austria’s economic reconstruction and Vienna's progress in city planning, and to position itself as a center of exchange between the East and the West.

   
  Rotunda, World Fair
World Fair 1873 Arch  
The structure that served as the focal point and ideological locus for the Vienna Exhibition was its striking Rotunda, a feat of engineering and design.
  
 
           
Machinery Hall, World Fair, 1873
György Klösz
The Machinery Hall at the World Fair, showcasing new machinery
Photo, 1873
   
 
Ferris Wheel in the Prater
Emil Mayer
The ferris wheel in the Prater, Vienna’s symbol since 1897
Photo, between 1905 and 1910.