Persons | Jewish Communities of Austria

Eugen Steinach was born in Hohenems. He became professor of physiology at the German University of Prague, establishing a laboratory

Fritz Redl was born in Klaus, Austria and studied at the Psychoanalytic Training Institute in Vienna. He found it difficult

Wilhelm Reich was born in Dobrzny, Galicia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in the Ukraine). He attributed his

Charlotte Buhler (nee Malachowsky) was born in Berlin Germany, on December 20, 1893, the older of two children From 1913

Siegfried Bernfeld was born in Lemberg, Galicia, (now Lviv in the Ukraine). He studied physiology, pedagogy and psychology at the

Gustav Mahler was born in Kaliste (Kalischt, in German), Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic), son of an Austrian-Jewish tavern

Ernest Gold was born as Ernst Goldner in Vienna. At age of sixteen he studied violin and piano at the Wiener Musilakademie.

Richard Tauber was born as Ernst Seiffert in Linz in 1892. He studied in Frankfurt and in 1913 received a five-year contract

Joseph Unger was born in Vienna into a Jewish family that converted to Christianity. Unger was baptized while very young.

Julius Offner was born in Horshenz, Bohemia into an orthodox Jewish family He received his Jewish education from his father