The Path of Remembrance

The Leopoldstadt was traditionally a district densely inhabited by Jewish people. 40 percent of the inhabitants were Jewish before the Nazis came into power in Austria. The second district was called “Mazzesinsel” (‘island of matzo’-bread of the Passover celebration). The Jewish life was blossoming. There were Jewish theatres, coffee houses, schools, synagogues and prayer houses. In the Karmeliterviertel (neighbourhood) a network existed that was made up of 180 associations and included all areas of life. This life was destroyed in one stroke. Jewish men, women and children were deprived of their rights, their belongings and their lives if they could not escape in time.

30.000 people who lived here were deported and murdered. This number also includes occupants who were forced to leave their homes in other parts of Austria and move to Vienna, where they lived in Assembly Camps.

The “Path of Remembrance” is intended to be a project throughout the entire second district. It leads to many formerly important places of Jewish life in the Leopoldstadt and makes visible the story of persecution and homicide of the Jewish population. The path touches on the everyday Jewish life, and it – in an exemplary manner – memorializes the people who formerly lived there. In this manner, we aim to – symbolically give, stone by stone, – those expelled and murdered former inhabitants, a little place in their home district; and to give their family members – solace as well as a place to celebrate the memory of their parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and siblings.

By setting the stones we want to keep alive the memory of Jewish life and culture in the Leopoldstadt that was destroyed by the Nazis.
A central focus of our association is to include as many people in our project as possible. These ambitions have been very successful. We are in contact with many people all over the world, who want stones for their loved ones.

More than 300 people, most of them Viennese supported the project through sponsorship, paying for a building stone or by donating money. Many of the stones are regularly cleaned by tenants. There are house projects in the second district that have been partly inspired by the path. Numerous stones were set according to the wish of current inhabitants. The St. Nepomuk parish set stones in front of the church.

950 copies of the first brochure of the „Path of Remembrance“ have already been sold. Numerous events have made the project well-established. We also work with schools and there are regular guided tours on the “Path of Remembrance”.

The “Path of Remembrance” inspires passing people to reflect upon this subject. By transforming public space we want to contribute to the reconstruction of Jewish life in Vienna.

The “Path of Remembrance” through the Leopoldstadt tours many places of importance for Jewish life in the Second District and provides a visible historical record of the expulsion and murder of its Jewish population. By commemorating different facets of the everyday life for Jewish people living in Leopoldstadt, we hope to reconstitute, stone by stone, the existence of Jewish inhabitants who were driven from their homeland and murdered by the Nazis. In so doing, we hope to ensure that traces of these lives are left for their descendents. We also want to ensure that the Remembrance of Jewish life and the culture in Leopoldstadt is kept alive. Our intent is that the “Path of Remembrance” stimulates reflection among the public and contributes to how Vienna manages its difficult past.

The “Path of Remembrance” is comprised mainly of the following:
a) Explanation panels (20x20cm)
documenting former Jewish life, culture and the history of persecution and deportation.
b) Stones of Remembrance commemorating murdered Jewish inhabitants
c) At the launch of the project, road marking plates were also set.

Stones of Remembrance are typically 10x10cm bronze plates implanted into the sidewalk in front of residences from which people were deported. Frequently laid together with four stones per location, the the number of blocks and format is adapted to the number of people being commemorated and the local conditions at each station.
Descendents of individuals deported people write to us from all over the world to request stones for their family members. Many come to Vienna to attend commemoration ceremonies when these stones placed. A similarly large number of stones is placed for the people without relatives (The idea of the “Stolpersteine” is one we have adopted from Germany).

1.	Tempelgasse 3-5	Leopoldstadt Tempel
1a.	Tempelgasse 1	Inhabitants
1b.	Praterstraße 34	Inhabitants
2.	Praterstraße 36	Actress and Actresses Jewish Theaers
2a.	Praterstraße 26	Inhabitants
3.	Praterstraße 33	Coffeehouses
3a.	Praterstraße 25	The Roland Theater
3b.	Zirkusgasse 3	Inhabitants of Councel Housing
3c.	Schrottgießergasse 1	Inhabitants
3d.	Zirkusgasse 1	Inhabitants
4.	Zirkusgasse 22	Tempel
4a.	Zirkusgasse 30	Inhabitants
5.	Schmelzgasse 9	Collective Flats
5a.	Johannes von Gottplatz 2	Inhabitants
5a.	Johannes von Gottplatz 2	Inhabitants
5b.	Große Mohrengasse 25
5c.	Schmelzgasse 10
5d.	Rotensterngasse 20
5e	Rotensterngasse 23	Inhabitants
6.	Taborstraße (Ecke Karmeliterkirche)	Jewish Installations
6a.	Taborstraße 21a	Inhabitants
6b.	Negerlegasse 8	Collective Flats
6c.	Negerlegasse/Ecke Taborstraße	Inhabitants
6d.	Taborstraße 14	Deported Children
6e.	Karmeliterplatz 3	Inhabitants
6f.	Karmelitergasse 13	Inhabitants
7.	Lilienbrunngasse 18	Bethaus, Belczer Schul
7a.	Kleine Sperlgasse/Lilienbrunngasse	Inhabitants
7b.	Lilienbrunngasse 3	Inhabitants
7c.	Manes Sperber Park	Inhabitants Lilienbrunngasse
7d.	Hammer Purgstallgasse 7	Inhabitants
7e.	Hammer Purgstallgasse 6	Inhabitants
7f.	Obere Donaustraße 101	Inhabitants
7g.	Große Sperlgasse 8	Inhabitants
7h.	Lilienbrunngasse 11	Wallplaque
7i.	Lilienbrunngasse 9	Inhabitants
8.	Kleine Sperlgasse 2c	Pupils
8a.	Große Sperlgasse 4	Inhabitants
8b.	Kleine Sperlgasse 1	Inhabitants
8c.	Große Sperlgasse 8	Inhabitants
8d.	Tandelmarktgasse 9	Inhabitants
9.	Kleine Sperlgasse 2a	Collective Flat
9a.	Hollandstraße 9	Inhabitants
9b.	Hollandstraße 8	Inhabitants
10.	Krummbaumgasse 8	Soupkitchen
10a.	Große Schiffgasse 9	Inhabitants
10b.	Krummbaumgasse 2	Inhabitants
10c.	Krummbaumgasse 10	Inhabitants
10d.	Große Schiffgasse 5	Inhabitants
10e.	Hollandstraße 15
11.	Große Schiffgasse 8	Tempel, ‘Schiffschul’
11a.	Floßgasse 10	Collective Flat
11b.	Schiffamtsgasse 10	Collective Flat
11c.	Herminengasse 8	Inhabitants
11d.	Franz Hochedlingergasse 26	Inhabitants
11e.	Floßgasse 9	Inhabitants
11f.	Floßgasse 4/10	Inhabitants
11g.	Obere Donaustraße 69	Inhabitants
11h.	Herminengasse 10	Inhabitants
11i.	Herminengasse 21	Inhabitants
11k.	Nickelgasse 3	Inhabitants
11m.	Herminengasse 12	Inhabitants
11n.	Herminengasse 6	Wallplaque
11o.	Herminengasse 15	Inhabitants
12.	Karmelitermarkt	Arienised Stalls
12a.	Leopoldsgasse 45	Inhabitants
12b.	Haidgasse 1	Inhabitants
12c.	Haidgasse 3	Plaque, Inhabitants
12d.	Plaque on the Wall, Karmelitermarkt	Spanish Civil War Fighters
12e.	Haidgasse 5	Inhabitants
12f.	Haidgasse 12	Inhabitants
12g.	Haidgasse 14	Inhabitants
13.	Leopoldsgasse 29	“Polnische Schul”
13a.	Große Pfarrgasse 2	Inhabitants
13b.	Große Pfarrgasse 23	Plaque on the Wall, Inhabitants
13c.	Leopoldsgasse 27A	Wandtafel, HausbewohnerInnen
14.	Leopoldsgasse 26	Scool Society Beth Jakob
15.	Ecke Im Werd	„Gerechte” und „U-Boats“
15a.	Leopoldsgasse 16	Inhabitants
15b.	Schwarzingergasse 2	Collective Flats
15c.	Schiffamtsgasse 18	Inhabitants
15d.	Schiffamtsgasse 20:	Inhabitants
15e.	Schwarzingergasse 6	Inhabitants
15f.	Große Schiffgasse 24	Inhabitants
16.	Malzgasse 7	Gils School and Collective Camp for the Sick and the Old
16a.	Malzgasse 9	Inhabitants
16b.	Malzgasse 2	Inhabitants
16c.	Raimundgasse 4	Inhabitants
17.	Malzgasse 16	Jewish Boysschool
19.	Große Sperlgasse 41/kleine Pfarrgasse	Club „Mathilde“
19a.	Große Pfarrgasse 8	Inhabitants
19b.	Große Sperlgasse 37a	Inhabitants
19c.	Große Sperlgasse 28/Große Pfarrgasse 10	Inhabitants
20.	Große Pfarrgasse 5	Leopold Chuch
21.	Obere Augartenstraße 72:U-Bahnaufgang	Haschomer Hazair
21a.	Taborstraße 36	Inhabitants
21b.	Taborstraße 46	Inhabitants
21c.	Taborstraße 48	Inhabitants
22.	Blumauergasse 1 / Ecke Taborstraße 44	Poale Zion
22a.	Große Mohrengasse 39	Plaque on the Wall Inhabitants
22b.	Glockengasse 15	Inhabitants
22c.	Odeongasse (vor dem Denkmal)	Inhabitants
22d.	Große Mohrengasse 38	Plaque on the Wall , Inhabitants
22e.	Blumauergasse 22	Inhabitants
22f.	Glockengasse 23	Inhabitants
22g.	Odeongasse 9	Inhabitants
22g.	Odeongasse 9	Inhabitants
22h.	Große Mohrengasse 37	Inhabitants
22i.	Große Mohrengasse 40	Inhabitants
22k.	Blumauergasse 20	Inhabitants
22m.	Rotensterngasse 16	Inhabitants
22n.	Glockengasse 9a	Inhabitants
22o.	Rotensterngasse 5	Inhabitants
23.	Novaragasse 8 U-Bahnaufgang	Legal Protection, Jewish Peddler
23a.	Novaragasse 19	Collective Flats
23b.	Novaragasse 20	Inhabitants
23c.	Novaragasse 7	Inhabitants
23d.	Novaragasse 4	Inhabitants
23e.	Novaragasse 13	Inhabitants
24.	Pazmanitengasse 6	Pazmanite Tempel
24a.	Heinestraße 20	Inhabitants
25.	Heinestraße 4	Jura Soyfer und Poets
25a.	Heinestraße 2	Inhabitants
25b.	Pfeffergasse 3	Inhabitants
26.	Konradgasse 1	Collective Flats
26a.	Taborstraße 59	Inhabitants
26b.	Josefinengasse 7	Inhabitants
26c.	Große Stadtgutgasse 14	Inhabitants
26d.	Glockengasse 25	Inhabitants
27.	Augarten (Eingang Klanggasse)	Off Limits for Jews
27a.	Castellezgasse 14	Inhabitants
28.	Castellezgasse 35	Collective Flats
28a.	Castellezgasse 29	Inhabitants
28b.	Lessinggasse 3	Inhabitants
28c.	Lessinggasse 8	Inhabitants
29.	Taborstraße 71	Arianized Jewish Factory Brill
30.	Vereinsgasse 21-23	Jewish Pupils
30a.	Vereinsgasse 19	Wall plaque inhabitants
30b.	Vereinsgasse 15:	Inhabitants
30c.	Pazmanitengasse 14	Inhabitants
30d.	Pazmanitengasse 13	Inhabitants
30e.	Vereinsgasse 16	Inhabitants
30f.	Darwingasse 20	Inhabitants
30g.	Volkertstraße 13	Inhabitants
31.	Volkertmarkt	„Street of Rememberance“	Link
31a.	Volkertplatz 5	Inhabitants
31b.	Darwingasse 21	Bethaus Jeshuat Achim
31c.	Darwingasse 33	Inhabitants
31d.	Springergasse 14	Inhabitants
31e.	Rueppgasse 10	Inhabitants
31f.	Fugbachgasse 19	Inhabitants
31g.	Springergasse 27	Inhabitants
31h.	Springergasse 30	Inhabitants
31i.	Springergasse 5	Inhabitants
32.	Nordbahnstraße 50	North Station
33.	Heinestraße 35	Czortkower Rebbe
34.	Heinestraße 30-32	Burned Books
34a.	Große Stadtgutgasse 34	Wall plaque
34b.	Große Stadtgutgasse 28	Inhabitants
35a.	Heinestraße 40	Inhabitants
35b.	Heinestraße 42:	Inhabitants
35c.	Novaragasse 40	Inhabitants
35d.	Novaragasse 38	Inhabitants
35e.	Novaragasse 46	Inhabitants
36.	Praterstern-Tegethoffdenkmal	Cleening the Streets
37.	Praterstraße 60	Merchands
37a.	Praterstraße 56	HausbewohnerInnen
37b.	Praterstraße 66	HausbewohnerInnen
37c.	Praterstraße 54	HausbewohnerInnen
38.	Praterstraße 50	Collecting Flats
38a.	Praterstraße 45 / In front of Nepomukchurch	Rememberance Plaque on the Chuch
38b.	Praterstraße 43	Inhabitants
38c.	Praterstraße 37	Inhabitants
38d.	Praterstraße 41	Inhabitants
39.	Czerningasse 7a	Inhabitants
39a.	Praterstraße 42	Inhabitants
39b.	Czerninplatz 2	Inhabitants
39c.	Czerningasse 9	Inhabitants
40.	Czerninplatz 4	Association “Esther“ to Support Poor Brides
40a.	Czerningasse 23	Inhabitants
40b.	Czerningasse 21	Inhabitants
40c	Czerningasse 12	Inhabitants
40d.	Franzensbrückengasse 6	Inhabitants
41.	Czerningasse 6	Jewish Psychiatrists
41a.	Czerningasse 3	Inhabitants
41b	Cerningasse	4 Collecting Flats
42.	Ferdinandgasse 23	Jewisch Istallations
42a.	Ferdinandstraße 19: HausbewohnerInnen	Inhabitants
42b.	Ferdinandstraße 17	Inhabitants
42c.	Ferdinandstraße 11	Inhabitants
43.	Ferdinandstraße/Ecke Aspernbrückengasse	Inhabitants
43a.	Untere Donaustraße 13-15	Inhabitants
43b.	Untere Donaustraße 27	Inhabitants