where the Innsbruck Jews would meet and pray. The offices for the 'Innsbruck Jewish Community for Tyrol and Vorarlberg' were housed there. In 1965, the old synagogue in Silgasse, which was destroyed during the pogrom, was torn down and became a parking spot. Up until the 1980s, the Jews of Innsbruck kept mostly to themselves and in 1981, the Israeli Ambassador to Austria placed a memorial tablet at the location of the old synagogue. Esther Fritsch was the president of the Jewish Community for Tyrol and Vorarlberg from 1987. A large commemorative event was held in Innsbruck in 1988 for the 50-year anniversary of the pogrom with guest speakers namely Bishop Reinhold Stecher, Chief Rabbi Paul Chaim Eisenberg and Provincial Governor Alois Partl. In 1989, Bishop Reinhold Stecher initiated the Tyrolean Committee for Christian-Jewish Cooperation. In 1991, the foundation stone was laid for the new synagogue in Innsbruck which was located where the old synagogue originally stood in Silagasse. The synagogue for the Innsbruck Jews opened on 21 March 1993, and an event was held with many honorary guests from all over the world and Israeli Jews who had left Tyrol during WWII. The synagogue has become an important place for tourists, particularly Jewish tourists. In June 1997, a menorah was consecrated on the Landhausplatz square in the city centre by Chief Rabbi Paul Chaim Eisenberg as a monument to honour victims of the Holocaust. An event was held and holocaust survivors from all over the world were invited. 60 Jews were recorded in Innsbruck in 2001. In November 2008, an Israeli sculptor and painter from Vienna, Dvora Barzilai, created a memorial at the Innsbruck Hospital to commemorate those expelled from the Faculty of Medicine in March 1938. In December 2014, a library and event space were built in the Jewish Community Centre of Innsbruck which hosts community events, festivals, and meetings. Günter Lieder was elected the new president of the Jewish Community for Tyrol and Vorarlberg in May 2016, taking over from Esther Fritsch, who led the community for 29 years. In 2019, the community published a book which informed readers about “everything Jewish in and around Innsbruck” and a project outlining all events on the night of the pogrom was published, called “The pogrom of 1938 in Innsbruck – Victims and locations of terror”. References External links ikg-innsbruck.at Jewish Museum Hohenems Jews Innsbruck Jews Jews Innsbruk Middle Eastern