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Scetch (c) Martin Kohlbauer
April, 29th, 2025, 6:30 p.m., Aula at the Vienna University Campus, Spitalgasse 2–4, Yard 1.11, 1090 Vienna
BELF. History of a Viennese Jewish Bookstore
Exhibition Opening
These harrowing events, repeated hundreds of times in Vienna
alone, marked the end of a company which, for decades, had
supplied the Viennese Jewish community with traditional
literature and objects for religious practice, thus enabling and
strengthening Jewish self-determination and identity.
The exhibition, which will be on display at the Contemporary
History Library from April 29 to October 31, illustrates the history
of this Jewish family business with historical photographs and
a collection of books published or sold by the firm. The fate of
the Belf bookstore encapsulates the systematic eradication of
religious, cultural, intellectual, and ultimately physical, Jewish life
in Vienna.
Curators: Felicitas Heimann-Jelinekt, Monika Schreiber
Exhibition Desgin: Martin Kohlbauer
Graphic Design: Anna Maria Unterweger
Curator's Tour:
Tuesday, May 13, 5:00 PM
Tuesday, June 10, 5:00 PM
Tuesday, July 1, 5:00 PM
Tuesday, September 30, 5:00 PM
Tuesday, October 14, 5:00 PM
Tuesday, October 28, 5:00 PM