Abstract
Numerous studies of Viennese Jews of the fin de siècle period depict them as closely connected with ‘high culture’ and science. Sigmund Freud, Gustav Mahler, Arthur Schnitzler, and other Jewish artists as well as intellectuals are taken as proof of this perspective. A closer look at the emergence of popular/mass culture in Vienna reveals, however, that Jews were prominent among its organizers, producers, and consumers. They built and directed the largest and most important amusement park in Vienna (Venedig in Wien), organized exhibitions of indigineous people (‘Voelkerschauen’), were among so-called folk singers, and ran music halls and theatres.
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