Jewish settlement in Steyr dates back to the 14th century, but Jews may have been expelled from the town in the Vienna ‘Gezerah’ in 1420. Jews resettled in Steyr in the second half of the 19th century. In 1870 an Israelitischer Kultusverein (Jewish community organization) was founded and in 1872 a Jewish cemetery established next to the Taborfriedhof. The Kultusverein became legally a Kultusgemeinde in 1894 and included the district of Steyr and Kirchdorf.
In 1932 tthe Jewish community in Steyer had 82 members, of whom 27 paid taxes. The community maintained several communal institutions, a synagogue and a cemetery. There were also cultural and women’s organizations, a Chevra kaddisha (burial society) and Frauenwohltätigkeitsverein (women’s organization).
The Nazi regime destroyed this community too. The cemetery is the only remnant of this small community. A mass grave for 100 Hungarian Jews who were shot on a death march to Mauthausen in April 1945 is located in Steyr.