photo essay

Descendants of Holocaust survivors seek Austrian citizenship

Published in the Times of Israel

Giuliana Schnitzler sits with her dog Lucy while displaying an image of her father, Peter Schnitzler, at her home in Vienna, Austria on Thursday, June 23, 2022. Her father was taken out of Vienna to the United States by his family at just under 2 years old in late 1938.

A camera is pointed toward the podium as Giuliana Schnitzler works to set up the broadcasting of the Friday night service for Zoom and Facebook at Or Chadasch in Vienna, Austria on Friday, June 24, 2022.

Giuliana Schnitzler walks down the stairs in her home in Vienna, Austria on Thursday, June 23, 2022.

A “book magic box” at Or Chadasch in Vienna, Austria on Friday, June 24, 2022.

Kippahs and other items are available at Or Chadasch in Vienna, Austria on Friday, June 24, 2022.

Amy Feineman walks home with her daughter Lily after school in Graz, Austria on Monday, June 27, 2022.

Lily, daughter of Amy Feineman, stops at a vending machine on her way home from school in Graz, Austria on Monday, June 27, 2022. The refrigerated vending machine on the left offers items such as sausage, cheese, eggs and drinks from local businesses.

Documents belonging to Amy Feineman’s paternal grandfather, Norbert Raucher, at her home in Graz, Austria on Monday, June 27, 2022. He was deported to Dachau and then later to Buchenwald before escaping to England with the help of his sister in 1939.

Amy Feineman shows the pages of her paternal grandfather’s Nazi-issued passport at her home in Graz, Austria on Monday, June 27, 2022. Her grandfather, Norbert Raucher, was deported to Dachau and then later to Buchenwald before escaping to England with the help of his sister in 1939.

Amy (left) sits by where she has been unpacking her suitcase from a recent trip and eats lunch with Mike Feineman (right) at home in Graz, Austria on Monday, June 27, 2022.

Amy Feineman gestures towards the abundance of flowers and plants growing outside her home in Graz, Austria on Monday, June 27, 2022.

Amy Feineman walks her dog Lollipop in Graz, Austria on Monday, June 27, 2022.

Julie Bronder displays an image of her maternal grandparents, Gertrude Klarman Kornblau and Aaron Kornblau, at her apartment in Barcelona, Spain on Monday, June 20, 2022. They left Austria and arrived in the United States in July 1938.

Julie Bronder walks through her neighborhood with her dog Koval in Barcelona, Spain on Monday, June 20, 2022.