Further Reading 313The Austrian Mind: An Intellectual and Social History 1848–
1938. William M Johnston. Berkeley: University of California
Press, 1983.
This award-winning book looks at the intellectuals behind
the academic, scientific and artistic achievements of this
period in Austria’s history.
Alma Rosè: Vienna to Auschwitz. Richard Newman with Karen
Kirtley. Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press, 2003.
An interesting biography tracing Alma Rosè’s early life
in a well-to-do Viennese Jewish family. As the niece of
Gustav Mahler, music was an important part of her life.
She helped other Jews to leave Vienna after Austria was
annexed by the Nazis, but wound up in Auschwitz where
she conducted the only women’s orchestra to be formed
in a concentration camp.
Simon Wiesenthal: A Life in Search of Justice. Hella Pick.
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1996.
This book provides the reader with the story of the Nazi-
hunter’s life.
Guilty Victim: Austria from the Holocaust to Haider. Hella Pick.
London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2000.
The original German version received much praise. The
author focuses on how Austria has been perceived abroad
since World War II ended, and provides much interesting
information on modern Austria.
Defiant Populist: Jörg Haider and the Politics of Austria. Lothar
Hobelt. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2003.
This book examines the ‘Haider phenomenon’ in current
Austrian politics.
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
Frommer’s Austria. Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince.
Hoboken, NJ: Frommer’s, 2007.
One of the better travel guides with a lot of practical
information for the tourist.