The history of the Jews in Austria starts after the exodus of Jews from Judea under Roman occupation. There have been Jews in Austria since the 3rd century CE. Over the course of many centuries, the p
Maria Theresa of Austria
Samson Wertheimer
Franz Joseph I of Austria
Leopoldstädter Tempel, one of the many synagogues in the neighborhood of Leopoldstadt, Vienna
The history of the Jews in the Czech lands, historically the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, including the modern Czech Republic, goes back at least 1,100 years. There is evidence that Jews have lived in
Jews taking snuff in Prague, painting by Mírohorský, 1885
The Jubilee Synagogue was built between 1898 and 1906, named to mark the 50th anniversary (jubilee) of the HIM Franz Joseph I of Austria
Jewish refugees from Czechoslovakia are deported from Croydon airport, England, on 31 March 1939.
Jews wearing yellow badges in Prague, c. 1942