" It was the expulsion of Jews ... It was their struggle that motivated new music. Listen to Schoenberg's music and hear the pain of a man facing seemingly ins

" It was the expulsion of Jews ... It was their struggle that motivated new music. Listen to Schoenberg's music and hear the pain of a man facing seemingly insurmountable discrimination" ? The Jews, at least as a group, were relatively wealthy and literally owned most of the financial sector and occupied large swaths of the professional class, and had for quite some time. 50% of doctors. 82% of credit bureaus. 75% of banks. 85% of lawyers. 75% of textile. etc. (This is list is very long) [1] That's not to take away from the horror of the Nazis, but it's hard to fathom your causal notion otherwise. I would go with the answers below i.e. 'End of Austria-Hungary ex-Habsbourg Empire' [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Vienna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Vienna