Malzgasse Synagogue Vienna

Association name: "Beth Hamidrash Talmud Torah" (House of Learning) Year of the association: 1854 The prayer house, built in 1884, was moved backwards in 1906 when the new elementary school "Talmud Torah" was built. The complex of buildings is currently located behind a high wall and is not visible from the street. Architect: unknown Chairman: Leopold Hirsch, Rab.: Hermann Schenk (1932) Head of the elementary school: Senior teacher Gotthold Friedländer(1932) Head of the Hauptschule: Director Emanuel Unger (1932) A total of 28 teachers. Nov. 1938 devastated, not destroyed. During the war the building served as an alternative hospital for Jewish patients. In 1955 it was returned to the former Talmud Torah Society. Since then the building has housed the Talmud Torah School of the Machsike Hadass, maintained by the Khal Israel (Community of Israel). Source: Jewish Yearbook for Austria 1932, Annual Report of the Jewish Community 1890-1928, Krakow Calendar 1937 Die Leopoldstadt, a local history book,1937,Vienna, self-published Ruth Burstyn, "Die Schiffschul" in "Judentum in Wien", collection Max Berger, hist. Museum d. Stadt Wien, Vienna, 1987, self-published. Last use: Talmud Torah School