Khal Adas Yisroel , usually referred to as the Schiff Shul , was the main Orthodox synagogue in Vienna prior to the Holocaust . The synagogue no longer exists since it was destroyed by the Nazis on Kristallnacht . A building that was adjacent to the Schiffshul and was part of its complex remains . A small shul currently exists in this building that is called '' Bet Hamidrasch Khal Chassidim '' and is led by Rabbi Avraham Yona Schwartz . The upper level of the building has been functioning as a yeshiva since the 1940s and is headed by Rabbi Michoel Pressburger . It also serves as temporary spiritual refuge to thousands of Jewish refugees from Iran who have transited through Vienna over the past 30 years . There is a memorial plaque at this site that states " This Jewish place of worship was destroyed by the Nazis in the pogrom of November 1938 . " The Synagogue was located on Grosse Schiffgasse 8 in the second district of Vienna known as Leopoldstadt
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