Plan your Visit To Yad Vashem
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Sun-Thurs: 08:30-17:00
Fridays and holiday eves: 08:30-14:00
Saturday and Jewish holidays – Closed

Yad Vashem is open to the general public, free of charge. All visits to Yad Vashem must be reserved in advance.

Photo album documenting the work of vocational training course students planning to emigrate from Austria

After the Anschluss, a policy of forced emigration was imposed on the Jews of Austria.  Simultaneously, many Jews sought to leave the country.  In light of the fact that many Jews made a living in trade, clerical work and the legal profession, the Jewish community decided to open vocational training centers where those hoping to emigrate could acquire new skills that would serve them wherever they chose to go.

During 1938 some 1,600 courses opened in approximately 100 different fields and professions, attended by some 24,000 people, mainly adults.   The vocational training albums document the students who attended these courses and the end results of their work.

The three albums preserved at Yad Vashem are part of the private collection of Joseph Lowenherz (1884-1946), head of the Vienna Jewish community from 1936 until the city's liberation by the Red Army.

Photo album documenting the work of vocational training course students planning to emigrate from Austria
Photo album documenting the work of vocational training course students planning to emigrate from Austria

Photo album documenting the work of vocational training course students planning to emigrate from Austria
Exhibition displaying projects from the sewing and art courses
Exhibition displaying projects from the sewing and art courses

Exhibition displaying projects from the sewing and art courses
Millinery course in preparation for emigration from Austria
Millinery course in preparation for emigration from Austria

Millinery course in preparation for emigration from Austria
Youngsters at an agricultural training course
Youngsters at an agricultural training course

Youngsters at an agricultural training course
Land on the grounds of the cemetery that was designated for agricultural training
Land on the grounds of the cemetery that was designated for agricultural training

Land on the grounds of the cemetery that was designated for agricultural training
Vocational course anthem
Vocational course anthem

Vocational course anthem