He might have been Vienna's most beloved son, but if there is one group of people mayor Karl Lueger didn't love back it was - yes, you've guessed it - the Jews. Diana and Eliza talk about how Lueger rose through the ranks, switched allegiances, discarded principles that were no longer useful to him and spouted the most fashionable bigotry du jour, all in an effort to become mayor of Vienna.

Books and articles referenced in this episode:

Brigitte Hamann - Hitler’s Vienna

Carl Schorske -  ...