Selected records from the Gesandtschaft Rio de Janeiro
Extent and Medium
11,309 digital images, JPEG
10 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Archival History
Österreichisches Staatsarchiv
Acquisition
Records from the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv (Austrian State Archives). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Austrian State Archives, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in September 2007.
Scope and Content
Contains records from the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv (Austrian State Archives) located in Vienna, Austria, pertaining to the Austrian Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Most of the records are NSDAP files relating to persons, organizations, and institutions in South America with Nazi associations or connections. Also includes information on anti-Austrian and anti-Nazi activities abroad, the Vaterländische Front, propaganda, and expulsions.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is chronological.
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--History--20th century.
- National socialism and justice--South America.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Österreichisches Staatsarchiv