Table of Contents

The Zionist option - Israel and the Holocaust survivors in Austria, Thomas Albrich; upper Austria, intermediate stop - reception camps and housing schemes for Jewish DPs and refugees in transit, Michael John; Vienna - gateway to freedom? The Bricha and the Rothschild hospital, Christine Oertel; Jewish refugees aid in the Salzburg area - the Bricha and Betar network 1945-1948, Susanne Rolinek; prejudices and conflicts between locals and Jewish DPs in Salzburg and upper Austria, Norbert Ramp; between Brenner and Bari - Jewish refugees in Italy, 1945-1948, Eva Pfanzelter.

About the Author

Thomas Albrich is a member of the Institut fur Zeitgeschicte at Innsbruck University, and was responsible for the publication of the German edition of this research. Ronald W. Zweig is a member of the Department of Jewish History at Tel Aviv University and editor of the Journal of Israeli History. Albrich and Zweig are writing together a study of the restitution and reparations question in Austria.