This project serves to capture a space and its history. In this case, it is the story of two Jewish women, Dora Breuer and Katharina Mautner, who were first friends and later sisters-in-law.
 
Dora Breuer (1882–1942), daughter of Sigmund Freud’s physician and friend Josef Breuer, studied painting and graphic arts under Ferdinand Schmutzer. She spent part of her youth at the Geymüllerschlössel. Here, her etchings are now also being exhibited for the first time. Dora is brought to life through her so far unpublished letters and diaries. She did not manage to escape into exile; she poisoned herself when the Gestapo came to arrest her.
 
Katharina Mautner-Breuer (1883–1979), Dora’s sister-in-law and widow of the lawyer Hans Breuer, who passed away in 1926, managed to flee Nazi Austria for Great Britain in 1939 together with her son Georg. Katharina, called “Käthy,” was the daughter of the major industrialist Isidor Mautner (the owner of the Marienthal textile factory became well known by the study Die Arbeitslosen von Marienthal [The Unemployed of Marienthal]) and the arts patron Jenny Mautner. “Käthy" lived to a great age; after World War II, she only returned to Austria for holidays at Lake Grundlsee.
 
The music of the 1920s comes to life in the songs of the stars Hilda Loewe aka Henry Love and Hildegard Geiringer aka Harry Harald. Both composers, who were frequently played on Radio Vienna and were well-established as pianists in Vienna’s concert life, were able to save themselves from the Nazi regime by escaping into exile. The Gartenlieder [Garden Songs] by composer Fanny Hensel reflect the carefree side of nature. Michael Mautner’s vocal compositions lead us into the present day and to the Skyspace by James Turrell.

Tickets: € 25 (incl. promenade theater and admission to the MAK Geymüllerschlössel)
Tickets are exclusively available online.
Meeting point: Foyer MAK Geymüllerschlössel