Storchengasse Synagogue Vienna

Association Synagogue Name: "Emunas Awes" (Faith of the Fathers) Year: 1863(?) Chairman: Emanuel Weiss, Deputy Chairman: Emanuel Schulz, Rab.: Aaron Weiss Talmud Torah, youth section, women's section, support section. The Gründerzeit house at Storchengasse 21 may have been occupied as early as 1890. In 1930 Ignaz Reiser built a synagogue in modern style next to the already existing building, with a relatively large prayer hall. The synagogue was destroyed on Nov. 1938, the tablets of the law and the Stars of David on the top of the building were removed, and the facade was completely "disfigured" for the purpose of adapting it for residential purposes. Qu.: Jewish Yearbook for Austria 1932, Annual Report of the Jewish Community 1896 - 1936, Cracow Calendar 19 37, P.Genée. R. Grosz, The "Cultusgemeinde in the district of Sechshaus", in: Die Gemeinde from 15.3.1994, Vienna Last use: residential