List of Austrian Jews

Austria first became a center of Jewish learning during the 13th century. However, increasing antisemitism led to the expulsion of the Jews in 1669. Following formal readmission in 1848, a sizable Jewish community developed once again, contributing strongly to Austrian culture. By the 1930s, some 300,000 Jews lived in Austria, most of them in Vienna. Following the Anschluss with Nazi Germany, most of the community emigrated or were killed in the Holocaust. The current Austrian Jewish population is 9,000.[1] The following is a list of some prominent Austrian Jews. Here German-speaking Jews from the whole Habsburg Monarchy are listed.

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Athletes
  • Margarete "Grete" Adler, swimmer, Olympic bronze (4x100-m freestyle relay)[2]
  • Richard Bergmann, Austria/Britain table tennis player, seven-time world champion, ITTF Hall of Fame
  • Albert Bogen (Albert Bógathy), fencer (saber), Olympic silver
  • Fritzi Burger, figure skater, two-time Olympic silver, two-time World Championship silver
  • Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch, fencer (sabre), Olympic bronze
  • Hans Haas, weightlifter, Olympic champion (lightweight), silver
  • Judith Haspel (born "Judith Deutsch"), Austrian-born Israeli swimmer, held every Austrian women's middle and long distance freestyle record in 1935, refused to represent Austria in 1936 Summer Olympics along with Ruth Langer and Lucie Goldner, protesting Hitler, stating, "I refuse to enter a contest in a land which so shamefully persecutes my people."[3]
  • Dr. Otto Herschmann, fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic silver winner (in fencing/team sabre and 100-m freestyle); arrested by Nazis, and died in Izbica concentration camp
  • Nickolaus "Mickey" Hirschl, wrestler, two-time Olympic bronze (heavyweight freestyle and Greco-Roman)
  • Felix Kasper, figure skater, Olympic bronze
  • Ruth Langer was an Austrian swimmer that refused to attend the 1936 Summer Olympics, along with Judith Haspel and Lucie Goldner.
  • Klara Milch, swimmer, Olympic bronze (4x100-m freestyle relay)
  • Paul Neumann, swimmer, Olympic champion (500-m freestyle)
  • Fred Oberlander, Austrian, British, and Canadian wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion
  • Felix Pipes, tennis player, Olympic silver (doubles)
  • Maxim Podoprigora, Olympic swimmer
  • Ellen Preis, fencer (foil), three-time world champion (1947, 1949, and 1950), Olympic champion, 17-time Austrian champion
  • Otto Scheff (born "Otto Sochaczewsky"), swimmer, Olympic champion (400-m freestyle) and two-time bronze (400-m freestyle, 1,500-m freestyle)
  • Josephine Sticker, swimmer, Olympic bronze (4x100-m freestyle relay)
  • Otto Wahle, Austria/US swimmer, two-time Olympic silver (1,000-m freestyle, 200-m obstacle race) and bronze (400-m freestyle); International Swimming Hall of Fame

Historical figures

Politicians

Revolutionaries

Academic figures

Lawyers
  • Fred F. Herzog, only Jewish judge in Austria between the world wars; fled to the United States and became the dean of two law schools

Scientists

Psychologists, psychotherapists and psychiatrists

Social and political scientists

Cultural figures

Film and stage
  • Rudolf Bing (1902–1997), opera impresario, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1950 to 1972[23]
  • Fritz Grünbaum (1880–1941), cabaret artist, operetta and pop songwriter, director, actor and master of ceremonies
  • Alber Misak, actor[24]
  • Kurt Kren (1929–1998), experimental filmmaker, director of the avant garde films 8/64: Ana – Aktion Brus, 10/65: Selbstverstümmelung, 10b/65: Silber – Aktion Brus, 16/67: 20. September, and 10c/65: Brus wünscht euch seine Weihnachten (Jewish father)
  • Reggie Nalder (1907–1991), cabaret dancer, stage, film and television actor
  • Joseph Schildkraut (1896–1964), stage and film actor
  • Harry Schein (1924–2006), founder of the Swedish Film Institute, writer, chemical engineer

Musicians

Composers

Writers

Miscellaneous

Others
  • Viktor Aptowitzer (1871–1942), born in Tarnopol, Galizien, Jewish theologian, Talmudist[60]
  • Rudolf Auspitz (1837–1906), Austrian politician, entrepreneur (Unternehmer) [61]
  • Joseph Samuel Bloch (1850–1923), born in Dukla, Galizien, Austrian publicist, politician [62]
  • Ludo Moritz Hartmann, Austrian Jewish historian and statesman [63]
  • Paul Hatvani, Paul Hirsch (1892–1975), born in Kew, near Melbourne, Austrian Jewish writer, chemist [64]

See also

Footnotes
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