The Jewish Cemeteries in Vienna
‘The Place of my Fathers’ Sepulchres’: The Jewish Cemeteries in Vienna Image removed from electronic version for copyright reasons – TC Tim Corbett ‘The Place of my Fathers’ Sepulchres’: The Jewish Cemeteries in Vienna A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of PhD by Tim Corbett, B.A. (Hons), M.A. (University of Lancaster) University of Lancaster, June 2015 Declaration I certify that this thesis is my own work, and has not been submitted in substantially the same form for the award of a higher degree elsewhere. Frontispiece: (from left to right and top to bottom) untitled, former exhibition of the Jewish Museum in Vienna (before 1938), JMW, 2628; matzevah of Francisca Edle von Hönigsberg (1769-1795), Währing, 4-385; Grabsteine beim Hofburgbau, CAHJP, AU-196; Detail from Wiener Zentralfriedhof, 1953, ÖNB Kartensammlung, KI 104092; matzevah of Joachim Stiasny (1826-1908), Tor I, 52A-12-20; Fotosammlung ’the city, the place of my fathers) הָעִ יר בֵּ ית-קִ בְ רוֹת אֲ בֹתַ י ;Seegasse, JMW, 3217 sepulchres), Nehemiah 2:3; matzevah of Rabbi Shimshon (Samson) Wertheim(er) (1658-1724), Seegasse; matzevah of Karl Kohn (1889-1914), Tor I, 76B-1-1; matzevot at Tor I, Section 5B; matzevah of Chief Rabbi Adolf Jellinek (1820-1893), Tor I, 5B-1-2; matzevah of Marcus Engel (1825-1909) and family, Tor I, 7-1-11; matzevah of Emanuel Weber (1851-1906), Tor I, 51-17-69; Wien 11, Zentralfriedhof 4. Tor, ÖNB Bildarchiv, HW 58, 8. ii Acknowledgements This thesis is the culmination of five years of postgraduate work, and five years of my life that have taken me literally around the world.
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