Willy Brandt Biography
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February 1927

Riots at the University of Vienna

 
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Main building of the University of Vienna

On 4 February 1927, riots by conservative “national students” against fellow Jewish and socialist students break out at the University of Vienna. Their motive was the appointment of two Jewish professors.




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