March 12, 2008
Vienna State Opera House Exhibition on Austrian “Anschluss” Period
Posted by elssler1 under Exhibitions | Tags: Opera companies, Vienna State Opera, Wiener Staatsoper |As reported in Reuters, the Vienna State Opera opened a small exhibition on Monday commemorating a dark period in its history. The display, which is entitled “70 Jahre danach,” reveals the treatment of the venerable institution’s Jewish employees following the Nazi annexation of Austria seventy years ago today. A brief description of the show as well as some images of original documents can be found on the Web site of the Staatsoper.
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