The author attempts in twenty pages to describe the phenomenon of the city of Vienna over the centuries. There is some focus on the time of Freud and the Jewish contribution to the culture of the city. Vienna is described in terms of its idyllic landscape, diverse nationalities, humanism, and educational opportunities. The references and biographical notes will help the reader explore Viennese personalities in more detail. The studies on this same subject by Harry Zohn of Brandeis University might well have been referred to in commenting about S. Zweig, Kraus, and Tucholsky.