Terror against the Anatomical Institute of Julius Tandler

In the inter-war period, beginning in 1920, anti-Semitic attacks regularly occurred at the University of Vienna, and became more radical towards the middle of 1933. These attacks’ main site was, apart from the university’s main building, the First Anatomical Institute, which was led by internationally renowned anatomist and social democratic healthcare politician Julius Tandler. The many riots, designed to intimidate Tandler, his colleagues, and his students, claimed numerous injuries and helped create an atmosphere of civil war at the University of Vienna in the First Republic.