Karl-Marx-Hof - build between 1927 and 1930

Red Vienna (German: Rotes Wien) was the nickname of the capital of Austria between 1918 and 1934, when the social democrats had the majority and the city was democratically directed for the first time. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (840x504, 65 KB)This is a duplicate of a Commons image so it can be protected for use on the Main Page. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (840x504, 65 KB)This is a duplicate of a Commons image so it can be protected for use on the Main Page. ... Vienna (German: , see also other names) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ...

Key changes of this time were:

• Introduction of the Eight-hour day
• Food distribution via social democratic Consumers' cooperatives
• Implementation of an Unemployment benefit system
• Creation of 60,000 apartments as Gemeindebau. A famous example is the Karl-Marx-Hof
• Introduction of a Luxury tax e.g. on horses, cars and hotel rooms
• Change of the educational systems based on the theories by Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler (Wiener Schulreform)

During this time the International Working Union of Socialist Parties was founded in Vienna (1921), which is today known as Socialist International. The 8-hour day movement or 40-hour week movement (a. ... A consumers cooperative is a business owned by its customers for their mutual gain. ... Unemployment benefits are payments made by governments to unemployed people. ... A red brick apartment block in central London, England, on the north bank of the Thames An apartment building, block of flats or tenement is a multi-unit dwelling made up of several (generally four or more) apartments (US) or flats (UK). ... The Karl-Marx-Hof in Vienna A Gemeindebau (German for municipality building) is a residential building erected by a municipality, usually to provide low-cost housing. ... 12. ... A tax on products not considered essential, such as expensive cars. ... Sigmund Freud (born Sigismund Schlomo Freud) May 6, 1856 – September 23, 1939; (IPA: ) was a Jewish-Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who co-founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. ... Alfred Adler Alfred Adler (February 7, 1870 – May 28, 1937) was an Austrian medical doctor and psychologist, founder of the school of individual psychology. ... The International Working Union of Socialist Parties (also known as 2½ International or the Vienna International) was an international organization for cooperation of socialists. ... The official symbol of Socialist International. ...

See also

• History of Vienna

The history of Vienna has been long and varied, beginning when the Roman Empire created a military camp in the area covered by Viennas city centre. ...

Sources

• City of Vienna: From the Social Democratic model of "Red Vienna" to the "Ständestaat"(1918-1938)
• Virtual Vienna: Red Vienna: A Workers' Paradise.
• Eva Blau: The Architecture of Red Vienna. 1919-1934., The MIT Press, 1999
• Helmut Gruber: Red Vienna. Experiment in Working Class Culture, 1919-1934., Oxford University Press, 1991
• Sheldon Gardner: Red Vienna and the Golden Age of Psychology, 1918-1938 , Praeger Publishers, 1992