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Eastern Jews on Karmeliterplatz in Vienna’s Leopoldstadt district, photo, 1915

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    The "Eastern Jews" as a pivotal point for anti-Jewish agitation

    When in winter 1915 over 130,000 persons sought refuge in Vienna from the Tsarist army, the initial reaction was one of sympathy. However, the mood rapidly swung against the mostly Jewish migrants from the Galician "shtetls", and anti-Semites began to prepare their weapons.