In an attempt to understand Austrian reputation of anti-Semintism, this is an excerpt from my study of Vienna's history:
In a way, the hateful political extremes, like pan-Germanic Schönererists carrying pocket watches with chains set to look like a Jewish man on a hangman’s nooses, was outlet of rebellion after a century of oppression. Feelings of frustration sprang up from the differing factions of the bickering Parliament because no one seemed to have the skill or knowledge of how to lead by consensus. In 1867 Jews were declared equal under the law and within twenty years, sixty percent of Vienna’s doctors and fifty percent of lawyers were racially Jews. Some of these citizens became very successful in banking and in the stock exchange, particularly Salomon Rothschild and his clan. The class structure that oppressed the Austrians also allowed led them to condemn Jews for their new success as citizens. The Jews were once out-castes, and now, they were successful in working their way up the once impenetrable pyramid of society. In some eyes, these out-castes deserved punishment for their success.
Regardless, Jews continued to contribute to the culture for which Vienna was so proud. Some of the famous people of this Renaissance from 1848-1938 include: Fanny Arstein, who hosted a salon attended by the major personalities of the time; prominent Jewish physicians included Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, Wilhelm Reich and Theodor Reik; in the field of Zionist politics, Theodore Herzl and Max Nordau; theologian, Martin Buber also lived in Vienna; in music, Gustav Mahler, Arnold Schoenberg, Oscar Straus, Emmerich Kalman, Max Reinhardt, Fritz Kortner, Lily Darvas and Elisabeth Berner; and writers Arthur Schnitzler, Franz Kafka, Stefan Zweig and Felix Salten.
Here's a silent film from 1924 meant to remind the people of Vienna of the Cultural vacuum that would happen in the city if the Jews were expelled:
