Wolfgang Gasser
Studied history and Jewish studies in Vienna, Berlin and Jerusalem, graduated in 2001, worked for different Historic/Cultural projects (Institute for the History of Jews in Austria, Jewish Museum Hohenems, Vienna Kultusgemeinde); from 2002 an advisor for applicants from Israel and Great Britain at the Austrian Reconciliation Fund for forced and slave labor and from 2005 to 2006 historian at the General Settlement Fund; since October 2006 at the Institute for the History of Jews in Austria responsible for the project: 1848 - Lived Revolution, the diary of a Viennese Jewish journalist (27th August 1848 to 31st May 1850). Doctorate in Autumn 2009. Since January 2009 Project leader for the project Learning Space Synagogue. Research focuses: cultural and social history of the Austrian Jews in modern times.
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