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Von der Befreiung zur Freiheit


A sensitive portrait of one of the most important eras of Austrian history – from Austria’s Allied occupation until the re-establishment of full sovereignty with the State Treaty in 1955. Erich Lessing portrayed politics as well as a new emerging society and the revival of the cultural scene in post-war Austria. Text contributions by well-known personalities like Gerd Bacher, Alexander Giese and Ludwig Steiner.



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Life in post-war Vienna: May First parade of the Austrian Socialists (SPOe)on the Ringstrasse-Boulevard. Child carries a framed picture of President Theodor Koerner. Vienna,1954
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Life in post-war Vienna: May First parade of the Austrian Socialists (SPO...

Life in postwar-Vienna: May first parade on Vienna's Ringstrasse-boulevard.Flag-bearers open the parade of the Socialdemocratic Party. Vienna,1954
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Life in postwar-Vienna: May first parade on Vienna's Ringstrasse-boulevard.Fl...

Waiter in a restaurant in the Vienna Woods. Vienna,1954
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Waiter in a restaurant in the Vienna Woods. Vienna,1954

Life in post-war Vienna: traffic-jams are unknown. Baron Mayr,President of the prestigious Society of the Friends of Music, rides his bicycle through downtown Vienna,1954
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Life in post-war Vienna: traffic-jams are unknown. Baron Mayr,President...

Life in post-war Vienna:Young ballerinas prepare for their future careers at the Vienna Opera. (Hommage a Degas). Vienna,1954
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Life in post-war Vienna:Young ballerinas prepare for their future careers...

Goethe's "Iphigenie auf Tauris" at the Burgtheater. From left to right: Albin Skoda as Orest, Liselotte Schreiner as Iphigenie and Ewald Balser as Thoas, King of the Tauriens.
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Goethe's "Iphigenie auf Tauris" at the Burgtheater. From left to right: Albin Sk...

Willy Ellmayer,an Austrian officer in the First World War,opened a dancing school when he lost his job in 1918.Since then he became the "arbiter elegantiarum" in an establishment which all upper-class children had to frequent.He also opened numerous balls, here in his famous pose of "Alles Walzer" - "waltz all!"
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Willy Ellmayer,an Austrian officer in the First World War,opened a dancing scho...

More than 800 balls are held in Vienna during the Carnival season,from top society events to neighbour- hood affairs.An elegant ball at the Palais Auersperg. Vienna,1954 Während der Faschingszeit finden mehr als 800 Bälle in Wien statt, die vom großen gesellschaftlichen Ereignis bis zum Nachbarschafts-Tänzchen reichen. Ein eleganter Ball im Palais Auersperg. Wien 1954
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More than 800 balls are held in Vienna during the Carnival season,from to...

Life in post-war Vienna:Anton Karas,publican and composer of the "Harry-Lime theme"plays the zither for his guests."The Third Man",Carol Reed's post-war epic of crime in post-war Vienna,starred Orson Welles. Vienna,1954
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Life in post-war Vienna:Anton Karas,publican and composer of the "Harry-Lime the...

Daily life in post-war Vienna. A young couple kissing at the "Heuriger", a typically Viennese tavern selling homegrown wine. Vienna, Austria, 1954
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Daily life in post-war Vienna. A young couple kissing at the "Heuriger", a typ...

The Vienna Boys' Choir practices in the garden of their home,the "Augarten",a former Imperial hunting ground,opened to the Viennese in the 18th century. Vienna, 1954.
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The Vienna Boys' Choir practices in the garden of their home,the "Augarte...

Life in post-war Vienna. An organ player, watched by children.
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Life in post-war Vienna. An organ player, watched by children.