With the construction of the first synagogue in 1892, the administrative building and school building of the Jewish community were also built. Edith Basch, a contemporary witness whom you have already met, will tell you in this video clip about her elementary school days, which she spent in this building. There, in addition to the usual elementary school subjects, she also learned Hebrew.
In this video clip, she tells you about her elementary school days:
According to Edith Basch, Graz - and Austria as a whole - was strongly influenced by antisemitism. Although many people who were not of the Jewish faith lived in her neighborhood, she had only Jewish acquaintances.