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Blog entries tagged: Austria

Collecting Jewish stories

Among my first stops in Europe this fall was Vienna to meet with Ed Serotta, the director of Centropa, which collects oral histories of pre-war European Jewish life. I rode with Serotta and a few dozen Holocaust survivors from Vienna to Linz for the opening of an exhibition of materials from the 15 countries in which Centropa operates. 

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Wiener schnitzel

 Sorry for messing up the chronology, but here’s a little video from Vienna I never got around to cutting.

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Hard At Work

That’s me at the Cafe Spinoza in Budapest, hard at work on my final Vienna article (no, that only LOOKS like Facebook).

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Jewish Salons Vienna

So, Budapest. Been here only since late Thursday, but so much has happened—full day of meetings on Friday, huge Shabbat dinner thing Friday night, first day off in 2.5 weeks Saturday, and an evening spent at Cafe Siraly (I’d tell you there’s a video coming soon, but you wouldn’t believe it anyway).

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Vienna Waits For You

Until she doesn’t.

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How very Viennese

So far, so good in Vienna.

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