The Rothschild Hospital, named after its founder
Baron Anselm von Rothschild, was the hospital of the
Israelitische Kultusgemeinde in Vienna,
Austria
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. The hospital lasted from its opening in 1873 until its closure by the
Nazis
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in 1943. After
World War II
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, it served as a hospital for sick and infirm
displaced persons
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, housing as many as 600 refugees.
The building on Währinger Gürtel 97, built by the architect
Wilhelm Stiassny
Wilhelm Stiassny (15 October 1842, Pressburg (Bratislava) 11 July 1910, Bad Ischl) was a Jewish Austrian architect.
Personal life
From 1857 to 1861, he studied at the Polytechnic in Vienna and afterwards studied architecture at the Academy of Fin ...
, was demolished in 1960 and replaced by a new building which houses a chamber of commerce.
Hospitals established in 1873
Jews and Judaism in Vienna
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Displaced persons camps in the aftermath of World War II
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