Feeding of refugee children in Wallensteinstrasse in Brigittenau, Vienna, photo from: Das interessante Blatt (issue of 19 November 1914)

The war became increasingly present in Vienna. Shortly after it started, thousands of refugees, including many Jews, began to stream into the city. Neither the city council nor the government was adequately prepared for this situation. And within the population, envy, aggression and increased anti-Semitism soon became evident.