GENERAL REFERENCE SITE
A compendium of links, resources & information about Jewish life, events, history, heritage, and more.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
The Vienna Project, partial bibliography
List of books, journal articles, and links put together by Kate Melchior.
SELECTED BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Fehl, Philipp. “The Stadtempel of the Jews of Vienna: Childhood recollections and history,” Artibus et Historiae: An art anthology. Vol. 17 No. IX 1988, 89-126
Genée, Pierre. Wiener Synagogen 1825-1938, Vienna: Löcker, 1987
Gutkas, Karl. “Die Synagoge in St. Pölten.” Mitteillungsblatt der Museen Oesterreichs. Vol. 11 1984, 73-75
Gruber, Samuel D. “Archaeological Remains of Ashkenazic Jewry in Europe: A new source of pride and history,” in Leonard Rutgers, ed., What Athens has to do with Jerusalem: Essays on classical, Jewish, and Early Christian art and archaeology in honor of Gideon Foerster. Louvain: Peeters, 2002, 267-301
Helgert, Heidrun. “Die spätmittelalterliche Synagogue in Wien (13-15 Jahrhundert).” in De Boe, G., and Verhaeghe F. (eds.) Religion and Belief in Medieval Europe: Papers of the ‘Medieval Europe Brugge 1997’ conference. Vol. 4, Zellik: Instituut voor het Archeologisch Patrimonium, 1997, 185-199
Helgert, Heidrun & Lohrmann, Klaus. When Stones Start to Speak…Archaeology on Judenplatz Square in Vienna. Vienna: City of Vienna Information Service, 1998 (?)
Jewish Vienna — Heritage and Mission (City of Vienna; latest edition 2016)
Illustrated 35-page brochure produced by the city’s Jewish Welcome Service with history, heritage sites, addresses, articles, and much other information. Downloadable as a pdf file. Note — there’s an update with a few extra entries HERE.
Lohrmann, Klaus. Jewish Vienna: Culture map. Berlin: Jüdische Presse, 2003.
Nadel, Stan. Salzburg and the Jews: A Historical Walking Guide. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2009
Reiss, Johannes. “30 Jahre Österreichisches Jüdisches Museum in Eisenstadt / The 30th Anniversary of the Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt.” Juden in Österreich. Gestern-Heute/Jewish Austria. Past-Presence. St Pölten: Institut für Geschicht der Juden in Österreich, 2002, 48-54.
Reisz, Matthew. Europe’s Jewish Quarters. London/New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991
Stalzer, Alfred. Jewish Vienna: Heritage and Mission. Vienna: Vienna Tourist Board, 1995.
“Restoring History: The renovation of the ceremonial hall at the Jewish cemetery in St. Pölten.” Juden in Österreich. Gestern-Heute/Jewish Austria. Past-Presence. St. Pölten: Institut für Geschicht der Juden in Österreich, 2001, 42-47.
Wachstsin, Bernhard. Die Grabschriften aus Alten Judenfriedhofs in Einsenstadt. Vienna, 1922.