Schwarzenegger's Interest in the Jewish History of Vienna

More+Events ♦ Published: January 30, 2020; 08:01 ♦ (Vindobona)

During a visit to the Jewish Museum Vienna (Jüdisches Museum Wien) together with his partner Heather Milligan, the former Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, expressed great emotion.

Schwarzenegger and Director Danielle Spera at the Jewish Museum Vienna (Jüdisches Museum Wien). / Picture: © Jüdisches Museum Wien

Accompanied by his partner Heather Milligan, Schwarzenegger viewed the permanent exhibition "Our City", which shows the Jewish history of Vienna from the present to the past.

Schwarzenegger was very impressed by the objects that tell the Jewish history of Vienna as well as the history of the Shoah.

He told of his encounter with Simon Wiesenthal on the occasion of his…