Just one day after the Anschluss in March 1938 , Jews were being harassed in Vienna . They were driven through the streets of Vienna , their homes and shops were plundered and the process of Aryanisation began . These events reached their climax in the Kristallnacht pogrom of 9 – 10 November 1938 . All synagogues and prayer houses in Vienna were destroyed – the Stadttempel was the sole survivor because its location in a residential area prevented it from being burned down . Most Jewish shops were plundered and then closed down ; over 6000 Jews were arrested in this one night , the majority were deported to the Dachau concentration camp in the following days . The Nuremberg Laws applied in Austria from May 1938 ; they were reinforced with innumerable anti-semitic decrees . Jews were gradually robbed of their freedoms , were blocked from almost all professions , were shut out of schools and universities , and were forced to wear the Yellow badge
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
History of the Jews in Vienna