Vienna in the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 9 people and 18 moments here, from 1918 to 1938. The most recorded lives are Franz Kafka, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Max Weber.

Notable people

  1. Adolf Hitler

    in 1938

    1 moment here

    Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…

  2. Edgar de Wahl

    in 1927

    1 moment here

    Baltic German mathematician, physics teacher, naval officer, and creator of Occidental, later renamed Interlingue.…

  3. Erwin Schrödinger

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation became foundational to quantum…

  4. Franz Kafka

    from 1920 to 1924

    5 moments here

    German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…

  5. Jiddu Krishnamurti

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…

  6. Ludwig Wittgenstein

    from 1918 to 1926

    5 moments here

    Austro-British philosopher whose work in logic, language, mathematics, and mind shaped twentieth-century analytic philosophy.…

  7. Max Weber

    in 1918

    2 moments here

    German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist whose work on rationalisation, bureaucracy, religion, capitalism, and social action…

  8. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…

  9. Sigmund Freud

    in 1938

    1 moment here

    Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…

Moments

  1. 1918 End of wartime service in Vienna Erwin Schrödinger
  2. 1918 Debate with Joseph Schumpeter at Café Landtmann Max Weber
  3. 1918 Political-economy teaching in Vienna Max Weber
  4. 1918 Continues medical treatment in Vienna Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  5. 1918 Completion of the Tractatus Ludwig Wittgenstein
  6. 1919 Return from captivity Ludwig Wittgenstein
  7. 1919 Teacher training Ludwig Wittgenstein
  8. 1920 Spends several days with Milena in Vienna Franz Kafka
  9. 1923 Theosophical convention in Vienna Jiddu Krishnamurti
  10. 1924 Makes his last outing Franz Kafka
  11. 1924 Moves to Hoffmann’s sanatorium Franz Kafka
  12. 1924 Transferred to Vienna’s laryngology clinic Franz Kafka
  13. 1924 Dies at Kierling Franz Kafka
  14. 1926 Design work on Haus Wittgenstein Ludwig Wittgenstein
  15. 1926 Work at Hütteldorf monastery Ludwig Wittgenstein
  16. 1927 Occidentalists photographed in Vienna Edgar de Wahl
  17. 1938 Speaks on Vienna Heldenplatz Adolf Hitler
  18. 1938 Leaves Vienna under Nazi rule Sigmund Freud

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