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The Jewish cemetery

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The members of this Jewish community were very often well-respected people, intellectuals or doctors.

AUSTRIA | Friday, 5 July 2013 | Views [371] | View Larger Image

The members of this Jewish community were very often well-respected people, intellectuals or doctors.

The old Jewish cemetery is part of the Central Cemetery of Vienna. It was built in 1877, at a time when Vienna was one of the biggest centers of Jewish culture in Europe.

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Walking around, you won’t find any new graves after 1938 – the year of the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany.

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