Jews of Salzburg, Austria

After expulsion "forever" in 1498, Jewish were allowed to settle in Salzburg again after 1867. In 1869, there were 42 Jews living in the city and county. From 1876, Salzburg was under the authority of the Jewish Community of Linz, until it became an independent Jewish community in 1911.

There were approximately 280 Jews in Salzburg in 1936 and none in the city by December 1938.

Notable Jews (or people with Jewish Ancestry) of Salzburg

• Altmann, Rabbi Dr. Adolf (1879-1944), writer of a two-volume history of Jews of Salzburg; presided over the Jewish community of Salzburg 1907-1914 and 1918-1920 before leaving to serve as the Chief Rabbi of Trier.
• Augapfel, Rabbi Julius (1892 Jaroslaw - 1944 Auschwitz); rabbi in Salzburg 1914-1918
• Feingold, Marco M. (1913 Banská Bystrica - 2019 Salzburg), a Holocaust survivor who served as president of IKG Salzburg
• Glaser, Ignaz (1853-1916), glass manufacturer who laid the financial foundation for construction of the Salzburg synagogue
• Herzl, Theodor (1860-1904), the father of modern Zionism, had a short legal career in Salzburg, before leaving the city in 1884
• Hofmannsthal, Hugo von (1874-1929), founder of the Salzburg festival with Max Reinhardt
• Jungk (Baum), Robert (1913-1994), publicist, journalist, and futurologist
• Margules, Rabbi David Samuel (1884 Lviv - 1951 Cambridge); rabbi of Salzburg until the destruction of the Jewish community in 1938, emigrated to England
• Pollak, Albert (1833-1921), first Jew to be granted the right to settle in Salzburg since the expulsion in 1498
• Reinhardt (Goldmann), Max (1873-1943), founder of the Salzburg Festival with Hugo von Hofmannsthal
• Winkler, Professor Gottlieb (1850-1921), purchaser of a small plot of land as a private individual for construction of the Salzburg synagogue
• Zuckmayer, Carl (1896-1977), German writer and playwright who lived in Henndorf
• Zweig, Stefan (1881 Vienna -1942 Petrópolis, Brazil), Austrian writer, resident of Salzburg for 15 years, emigrating to England in 1934 due to the rise of the Nazi Party

Judenkataster

The antisemitic periodical Der eiserne Besen in Salzburg published lists of all businesses run by Jews in the 1920s. These lists help to validate and augment later lists of victims of Nazi persecution. This is an example Judenkataster from 12 February 1924.

Holocaust Victims, Survivors, Emigrants, and Other Victims of Nazi Persecution

During the »Reichskristallnacht« pogrom on the 9th and 10th of November 1938, the Gestapo arrested 26 Salzburg Jews, sent them to Dachau and then released them after forced agreements. These were Dr. Hans Aninger, Heinrich Berkowitz, Manfred Bonyhadi, Dr. Paul Freund, Isidor Fuchs, Arthur Fürst, Dr. Hermann Glaser, Otto Grindlinger, the brothers Hugo and Karl Klein, Leo Köhler, Artur Kohn, the brothers Ernst, Ludwig and Otto Löwy, Rabbi Dr. David Margules, Isidor Mendelowitz, Julius Neuwirth, Robert Ornstein, Alfred Pirak, Rudolf Singer, Ladislaus Spiegel, Witthold Wagen, Camillo Weil, Dr. Richard Weinberger, and Leo Werner.

According to the Museum of the Jewish People, 230 Jews of Salzburg were victims of Nazi persecution.

1. van Alderwerelt (Schindler), Franziska (1871 Prostejov - 1943 Theresienstadt); converted to Catholicism in 1901 and became a Belgian citizen by marriage; Stolperstein at Max-Ott-Platz 4
2. Altmann, Rabbi Dr. Adolf (1879 Huncovce -1944 Auschwitz), writer of a history of Jews of Salzburg
3. Altmann (Weisz), Malvine (1881 Kosice - 1944 Auschwitz)
4. Altmann, Adolf (1876 Salzburg - 1943 Theresienstadt); Stolperstein at Lasserstraße 8
5. Altschul, Adolf (1876 Salzburg - 1943 Terezin); resided at München, Löwengrube 16/III
6. Aninger, Dr. Hans (1907 Salzburg - 1986 Los Angeles); Fragenbogen 1938 Wien 4879; Fragenbogen 1939 Wien 51037/25902; Dachau Prisoner in 1939; emigrated to New York 1939
7. Aninger (Abeles), Heinrich (1876 Senomat - 1942 Theresienstadt); Stolperstein at Franz-Josef-Straße 6
8. Aninger (Taussig), Klara (1882; Stolperstein at Franz-Josef-Straße 6
9. Bachmeyer, Ludwig (1920 Neumark Kr. Salzburg - ); half Jewish; resided at Windmuhlenstr.6, Kassel; survived
10. Baum, Sara (1858 Salzburg - 1941 Gurs, France); resided in France during the war
11. Bechinsky, Hermine (1861 Telč - 1943 Theresienstadt); resided in Salzburg 1912 - 1838; Stolperstein at Hans-Prodinger-Straße 19
12. Beer, Emanuel (1898 Salzburg - 1944 Auschwitz)
13. Bein, Salomon (1898 Salzburg - Italy)
14. Benedik (Hellig), Kamilla (1893 Hohenau - 1942 Riga)
15. Bensinger (Regenburgers), Ida (1881 Salzburg - ); Jewish, expatriation without confiscation
16. Bigler, Alfred (1878 Wels - 1942 Riga); resided in Salzburg
17. Bigler, Eduard (1868 Wels -1944 Bergen-Belsen); converted from Judaism in 1894; resided in Salzburg;Stolperstein at Schwarzenbergpromenade 60
18. Bigler, Leopold (1871 Wels - 1942 Theresienstadt); resided in Salzburg
19. Bilderbeck (Salomon), Helena (1908 Salzburg - ); resident of Amsterdam
20. Bisentz (Fürst), Hedwig (1889 Salzburg - 1943 Theresienstadt); resided at Wien 2, Novaragasse 40/4
21. Blacharsky, Sigmund (1906 Salzburg - ); resided at Wien II.Gr.Mohreng.30; survivor returned to Vienna
22. Blech, Max (1867 Salzburg - Recebedou, France)
23. Blicher, Wilhelm (c. 1939 Salzburg - c. 1942 Sobibor)
24. Bloch, Gustav (1894 Salzburg - c. 1944); possibly Sulzburg
25. Bloch, Simon (1886 Salzburg - c. 1942 Auschwitz)
26. Bondy, Arthur (1877 Wien - 1941 Belorus); resident of Salzburg; Stolperstein at Neutorstraße 20
27. Bondy, Otto (1873 Wien - 1942 Treblinka); resident of Salzburg; Stolperstein at Neutorstraße 20
28. Bondy (Kessler), Irma (1887 Brno - 1941 Belarus); resident of Salzburg; Stolperstein at Neutorstraße 20
29. Bonyhadi, Daniel (1862 Stvrtok na Ostrove - 1939 Wien); Stolperstein at Rainerstraße 4
30. Bonyhadi, Edgar (1888 Klagenfurt - 1942 Maly Trostinets); Stolperstein at Rainerstraße 4
31. Bonyhadi, Ernst (1901 Salzburg - 1944 London); Fragenbogen 1939 Wien 3427a; resided at Wien I, Elisabethstrasse 15/5; emigrated to England in 1939
32. Bonyhadi, Ludwig (1899 Salzburg - after October 1939); resided at Wien 2, Rotensterngasse 31; deported to Nisko; Stolperstein at Rainerstraße 4
33. Bonyhadi, Ruth (1928 Wien - 2001 Richmond, VA); freed by British troops in 1945 from Bergen-Belsen; Stolperstein at Rainerstraße 4
34. Bonyhadi (Löwit), Gertrud (1906 Wien - 1945 Notlazarett); Died after liberation from KZ Bergen-Belsen; Stolperstein at Rainerstraße 4
35. Bulla (Krämer), Elsbeth (1877 Berlin - 1944 Theresienstadt); resided in Salzburg for 28 years; Stolperstein at Markus-Sittikus-Straße 15
36. Dukas, Helene (1890 Salzburg - c. 1942 Auschwitz)
37. Dukas, Klara (1882 Salzburg - c. 1942 Auschwitz)
38. Eisenberg, Leah (1940 - 1942 Bikernieki Forest, Latvia); Stolperstein at Lessingstraße 6
39. Eisenberg, Paula (1909 Salzburg - 1942 Bikernieki Forest, Latvia); Stolperstein at Lessingstraße 6
40. Eisenberg (Nussenblatt), Berta (1884 Stryj - 1892 Bikernieki Forest, Latvia); Stolperstein at Lessingstraße 6
41. Engländer, Rosa (1896 Salzburg - c. 1941 Poland); Stolperstein at Griesgasse 17
42. Essinger (Morpurgo), Edith (1912 Salzburg -1942 Auschwitz); Stolperstein at Hans-Prodinger-Straße 19
43. Etlinger (Horn), Margarethe (1888 Budapest - 1942 Ravensbrück); Lutheran daughter of father who was a convert from Judaism; actress who lived in Berlin until her divorce; moved to Salzburg in 1933 to join her widowed mother; Stolperstein at Ernest-Thun-Straße 7
44. Falk (Elkan), Ludmilla (1878 Salzburg - 1942 Auschwitz); resided in München
45. Faltitschek, Grete (1894 Salzburg - ); Fragenbogen 1938 Wien 35957; emigrated to UK
46. Faust, Samuel (1894 Salzburg - 1942 Auschwitz); Auschwitz prisoner 25200
47. Fischer, Ludwig (1868 Mlada Boleslav - 1942 Theresienstadt); Stolperstein at Franz-Josef-Straße 12
48. Fischer (Taussig), Emilie (1885 Rakovnik - 1942 Theresienstadt); Stolperstein at Franz-Josef-Straße 12
49. Fleischer (Lederer), Katharina (1876 Salzburg - 1942 Maly Trostinec); residede at Wien 2, Hafnergasse 5/10; Stolperstein at Faberstraße 27
50. Fleischmann, Henriette (1875 Wien 1943 Salzburg); Stolperstein at Kaigasse 8
51. de Francesco (Weissenstein), Grete (1893 Wien - 1945 Ravensbrück); Stolperstein at Franz-Josef-Straße 11
52. Friedländer, Rudolf (1876 Wien - 1942 Poland); Stolperstein at Josef-Mayburger-Kai 50a
53. Friedmann, Eduard (1902 Salzburg - ); resided at Laufen an der Salzach
54. Friedmann, Otto (1896 Wien - 1986); Stolperstein at Haunspergstraße 25
55. Friedmann (Rideg), Hildegard (1899 Wien - 2002 Flushing, New York); Stolperstein at Haunspergstraße 25
56. Fröhlich (Monderer), Helene (1871 Tonie, Krakow - 1943 Auschwitz); Stolperstein at Stelzhamerstraße 14
57. Fürst, Arthur (1883 Salzburg - 1947 Charleston, South Carolina, United States); Stolperstein at Linzer Gasse 5
58. Fürst (Grün), Irene (1897 Salzburg - 1998 United States)
59. Gerstenfeld, Berta (1920 Salzburg - ); resided Salzburg, Elisabethstraße 47
60. Gerstenfeld, Regina (1919 Salzburg - );
61. Gerstenfeld (Beer), Amalie (1879 Oleszyce, Poland - 1954 Tel Aviv); resided Salzburg, Elisabethstraße 47; shoemaker's widow; emigrated to London in 1939
62. Glasel, Siegfried Fritz; Stolperstein at Makartplatz 2
63. Gold, Bernhard (1897 - Maly Trostinec); Stolperstein at Müllner Hauptstraße 25
64. Goldschmidt, Victor Mordechai; Stolperstein at Paris-Lodron-Straße 18
65. Grindlinger, Dorothea; Stolperstein at Judengasse 17
66. Grindlinger, Regina; Stolperstein at Judengasse 17
67. Hahn, Eduard (1901 Bürmoos - 1942 Auschwitz); resident of Brussels
68. Havlina, Gertrud (1914 Salzburg - ); resided in Laufen an der Salzach; was in Kauen/Stutthof
69. Hechinger, Rosa (1899 Salzburg - ); resided in München
70. Hermann, Maximilian (1888 Skala - 1942 Flossenbürg); resided at Salzburg, Vogelweiderstrasse 118; Stolperstein at Baron-Schwarz-Park
71. Hertzka, Konrad; Stolperstein at Wolf-Dietrich-Straße 18
72. Herz, Irma (? Salzburg - 1942 Theresienstadt); Stolperstein at Rainerstraße 2
73. Hirsch, Emil; Stolperstein at Bergheimer Straße 23
74. Hoffman (Pollak), Emma (1894 Neumarkt, Salzburg - ); last residence Linz; property seized?
75. Holstein (Weinberg), Rosalie (1899 Salzburg - 1945 Bergen-Belsen)
76. Jacoby, Adolf; Stolperstein at Hubert-Sattler-Gasse 13
77. Jellinek, Gisela (1877 Salzburg - ); resided at Wien 2, Haasgasse 8; Stolperstein at Platzl 2
78. Jellinek, Johann; Stolperstein at Platzl 2
79. Kahn, Jacques (1906 Salzburg - 1943 Sobibor)
80. Kahn, Marga (1927 Salzburg - ); hidden child in France, Chateau du Couret Mars 1942
81. Kahn, Max (1884 Salzburg - )
82. Kahn, Siegfried (1884 Salzburg - Auschwitz); resident of Freiburg
83. Kiesler, Klara; Stolperstein at Kaigasse 20
84. Kiesler, Ludwig; Stolperstein at Kaigasse 20
85. Klar, Felix; Stolperstein at Bayerhamerstraße 6
86. Klein, Johanna; Stolperstein at Markus-Sittikus-Straße 15
87. Kofler, Karl; Stolperstein at Vogelweiderstraße 96
88. Köhler, Gertrude (1923 Salzburg - ); resided at Salzburg, Plainstraße 18
89. Köhler, Leo (1897 Salzburg - Holocaust); Fragenbogen 1938 Salzburg 42537; resided at Salzburg, Plainstraße 18; resided at Wien 1, Schottenring 3; Stolperstein at Plainstraße 18
90. Köhler, Max (1867 Lackenbach - 1947 Bologna); Stolperstein at Dreifaltgkeitsgasse 5
91. Köhler (Feigelstock), Hermine (1876 Wien - 1959 London); Stolperstein at Dreifaltgkeitsgasse 5
92. Köhler (Werner), Martha (1894 Wien - 1974 Tustin, California); resided at Salzburg, Plainstraße 18
93. Kohn, Bertha; Stolperstein at Wolf-Dietrich-Straße 14
94. Kohn, Hermann; Stolperstein at Wolf-Dietrich-Straße 14
95. Kolb, Edith (1931 Salzburg - ); resided at Wien 2, Böcklinstraße 59
96. Kollinsky, Fritz; Stolperstein at Moosstraße 17
97. Kurtz, Theodor; Stolperstein at Linzer Gasse 28
98. Langfelder, Ernst; Stolperstein at Pfeifergasse 4
99. Lederer, Heinrich (1874 Salzburg - 1961 Wien); resided at Wien II, Hollandstrasse 9 during Nazi occupation
100. Lederer, Max (1883 Salzburg - 1951 London)
101. Levi, Albert Franz (1914 Salzburg - ); resided in Salzburg 1914-1926; Fragenbogen 1938 Wien IX, 26824; survived the war and emigrated to England after WWII
102. Levi, Julius (1879 München - 1942 Riga?); Fragenbogen 1938 Wien IX, 26824; Transport 14 from Wien,Vienna,<>,Austria to Riga,Rigas,Vidzeme,Latvia on 11/01/1942; Stolperstein at Plainstraße 29
103. Liegert, Liselotte (1925 Salzburg - 1945 Bergen-Belsen); last residence Troppau; prisoner of Bergen-Belsen who died a month and 7 days after liberation
104. Liegert, Walter (1923 Salzburg - ); last residence Troppau
105. Löwit, Richard; Stolperstein at Sonnleitenweg 12
106. Löwy, Ernst (1900 Nethik - c. 1943 Auschwitz); Stolperstein at Linzer Gasse 5
107. Löwy, Herbert (1928 Salzburg - c. 1943 Auschwitz); Stolperstein at Linzer Gasse 5
108. Löwy, Ida (1901 Ottnang - c. 1943 Auschwitz); Stolperstein at Linzer Gasse 5
109. Löwy (Fuchs), Amalie (1875 Buttenwiesen - 1943 Majdanek); Stolperstein at Franz-Josef-Straße 12
110. Margules, David Samuel; Stolperstein at Josef-Mayburger-Kai 38
111. van Mentz (Altmann), Hilda (1909 Salzburg - 1943 Auschwtiz); resided at s'Gravenhage, Scheldestraat 24
112. Metzl (Metzeles), Richard (1870 Praha - 1941 Paris); Stolperstein at Schloss Leopoldskron, Leopoldskronstraße 56-58
113. Morpurgo, Abraham (1882 Amsterdam - 1943 Auschwitz); Stolperstein at Hans-Prodinger-Straße 19
114. Muik, Ernestine; Stolperstein at Plainstraße 14
115. Müller, Rudolf Erich; Stolperstein at Mirabellplatz 6
116. Neuwirth, Gisela; Stolperstein at Arenbergstraße 33
117. Neuwirth, Henriette; Stolperstein at Arenbergstraße 33
118. Neuwirth, Max; Stolperstein at Arenbergstraße 33
119. Ornstein, Ludwig (1930 Salzburg - ); Jewish, expatriation with confiscation
120. Ornstein, Rudolf (1903 Salzburg - ); Jewish, expatriation with confiscation
121. Ornstein, Ruth (1932 Salzburg - ); Jewish, expatriation with confiscation
122. Perlberger, Amalia (1923 Wieliczka - 1943 Auschwitz); resident of Salzburg
123. Pollak, Anna (1873 Salzburg - Treblinka); Stolperstein at Rainerstraße 4
124. Pollak, Viktor; Stolperstein at Frueaufgasse 5
125. Porges, Josef (1887 Golling - Jasenovac?); resided at Wien 2, Lilienbrunngasse 9
126. Portheim, Eduard (1910 Wien - 1942 Hartheim); Stolperstein at Makartplatz 6
127. Pottner, Emil (1872 Salzburg ); resident of Berlin
128. Pottner, Regina (1868 Salzburg - ); resident of Berlin
129. Rattner (Pollak), Rosa (1891 Salzburg - Izbica?); resided at Wien 3, Lagergasse 6/23
130. Reinhardt, Max; Stolperstein at Schloss Leopoldskron, Leopoldskronstraße 56-58
131. Rosenberg, Hugo; Stolperstein at Josef-Mayburger-Kai 28
132. Rosenfeld, Amalie; Stolperstein at Schallmooser Hauptstraße 6
133. Rosenmann, Rachel; Stolperstein at Neutorstraße 20
134. Rosenthal, Natalie; Stolperstein at Rainerstraße 4
135. Rubenkes, Hermann (1901 Wien - 1942 Buchenwald); Stolperstein at Salzburg-Itzling, Werkstättenstraße 14
136. Sachsel-Lichtenstein, Olga; Stolperstein at Linzer Gasse 24
137. Schablin, Frieda; Stolperstein at Sonnleitenweg 12
138. Schmalzbach-Pirak, Herbert; Stolperstein at Linzer Gasse 53
139. Schmalzbach-Pirak, Marie (1901 Salzburg - c. 1942 Auschwitz); resided at Wien 7, Neustiftgasse 54; Stolperstein at Linzer Gasse 53
140. Schmidberger, Berta; Stolperstein at Rudolfsplatz 3
141. Schneider, Josefine; Stolperstein at Getreidegasse 24
142. Schostal, Franz (1883 Salzburg - ); resided at Wien IX.Seeg.9; survivor returned to Vienna
143. Schönberg, Heinrich (1882 Wien - 1941 Salzburg); brother of composer, Arnold Schönberg; converted to Christianity; Stolperstein at Chiemseegasse 6
144. Schönwald, Ludwig Franz; Stolperstein at Nesselthalergasse 6
145. Schulhof, Alfred (1881 Praha - c.1944 Auschwitz); Stolperstein at Rudolfskai 52
146. Schwarz, Walter; Stolperstein at Alter Markt 12
147. Singer, Egon (1927 Salzburg - ); resided at Wien 2, Taborstraße 13; Stolperstein at Franz-Josef-Straße 9
148. Singer, Hugo (1896 Wien - 1942 Majdanek); Stolperstein at Franz-Josef-Straße 9
149. Singer, Paula; Stolperstein at Franz-Josef-Straße 9
150. Spiegel, Bela Baruch; Stolperstein at Faberstraße 11
151. Spiegel, Gustav (1912 Salzburg - ); resided at Wien 9, Porzellangasse 20/7
152. Spiegel, Therese; Stolperstein at Faberstraße 11
153. Stagel (Steindler), Josefine (1891 Bürmoos, Salzburg - 1944 Theresienstadt); resided at Wien 2, Josefinengasse 1/18
154. Steindler, Eduard (1893 Bürmoos bei Salzburg - ); Stolperstein at Franz-Josef-Straße 5
155. Steindler, Ernst (1924 Bürmoos bei Salzburg - )
156. Steindler (Weinstein), Else (1902 Salzburg - )
157. Stuchly (Pollak), Anna (1872 Salzburg - 1942 Treblinka); resided at Wien 1, Köllnerhofgasse 6; Stolperstein at Rainerstraße 2
158. Tannenberger, Fritz; Stolperstein at Makartplatz 2
159. von Taussig, Helene; Stolperstein at Kirchenplatz
160. Verschleisser, Federica; Stolperstein at Rudolfsplatz 3
161. Verschleisser, Regine; Stolperstein at Rudolfsplatz 3
162. Wagen, Sossie; Stolperstein at Ernest-Thun-Straße 7
163. Wagen, Witthold; Stolperstein at Ernest-Thun-Straße 7
164. Weil, Angela; Stolperstein at Nonntaler Hauptstraße 1
165. Weil, Camill; Stolperstein at Josef-Mayburger-Kai 8
166. Weil, Ludwig I. (1872 Salzburg - 1941 Lodz Ghetto Hospital)
167. Weinberg, Josef (1909 Salzburg - ); teacher, transported 1943, "The Twentieth Train"
168. Weinstein, Viktor (1905 Salzburg - ); Fragenbogen 1938 Wien 27812; resided at Salzburg, Franz Josefstrasse 4
169. Weinstein, Rudolf (
170. Weinstein (), Rosa (
171. Weiss, Adolf Aron Vierthalerstraße 5
172. Weissberger, Otto; Stolperstein at Rudolfsplatz 3
173. Wieland, Emil (1914 Wien - 1945 Sachsenhausen); Stolperstein at Itzlinger Hauptstraße 32
174. Winternitz, Alexia (1907 Wien - 1986 Stamford, CT); Stolperstein at Kapuzinerberg 5
175. Winternitz, Susanna (1910 Wien - 1998 Monroe county, FL); Stolperstein at Kapuzinerberg 5
176. Wraubek, Margarete; Stolperstein at Haydnstraße 5
177. Zweig, Stefan (1881 Wien -1942 Petrópolis, Brazil), Austrian writer, resident of Salzburg for 15 years, emigrating to England in 1934 due to the rise of the Nazi Party; Stolperstein at Kapuzinerberg 5
178. Zweig-Winternitz (Burger), Friderike (1882 Wien - 1971 Stamford, CT); Stolperstein at Kapuzinerberg 5

OTHERS (SPACEHOLDER, NOT SALZBURG)

1. Abraham, Albert (1866 Sulzburg, Germany - 1942 Auschwitz)
2. Berger, Albert (1938 Hohenau - ); resident of Hohenau
3. Berger, Hermann (1906 Hohenau - )
4. Berger, Johann (1901 Hohenau - )
5. Berger, Josef (1886 Hohenau - 1942 Lublin-Majdanek)
6. Berger, Siegfried (1895 Hohenau - )
7. Berger (Mendler), Selma (1907 Hohenau - )