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The Ghost Architect of Vienna

JL;DR SUMMARY The article explores the life and work of Thomas Feiger, an architect dedicated to the restoration and preservation of Jewish buildings and history in Vienna. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityViennaCultural PreservationHolocaust StudiesLegacyJewish ArchitectureThomas FeigerHakoah Sports CenterSimon Wiesenthal InstituteLeopoldstadt Synagogue

Places mentioned

Vienna, Austria
"Vienna is a city of ghost-buildings: 180,000 Jews lived in the Austrian capital before World War II; the infrastructure that served them is long gone."
Budapest, Hungary
"His father, a Rumanian Jew, survived persecution from the Nazis and arrived paperless in Budapest after the war."
Slovakia
"He sought legal advice from a prestigious Jewish lawyer from Slovakia, and eventually ended up marrying his daughter."

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