Prisoners of War Kriegsgefangene
Extent and Medium
312 digital images, JPEG
1 microfilm reel, 35 mm
1 DVD,
Archival History
Österreichisches Staatsarchiv
Acquisition
Records from the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv (Austrian State Archives), archival signature : AT-OeStA/AdR MaNsZ KG. The records originate from the following agencies: Kriegsarchiv (acquired in the mid-1950s), and Archiv der Republik (1987 transfer). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received duplicates of the collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archival Programs in May 2009.
Scope and Content
The collection Kriegsgefangene consists of several war-time prisoner lists of which two lists were reproduced by the USHMM: 1. Stammlager XVII B Gneixendorf/Sterbebuch/AdR/DWM/08 ("Gfg. Lgr. Gneixendorf, Totenbuch 2.8.43-26.4.45"). This list contains prisoners of war of various nationalities, including Americans, who died in the POW camp Gneixendorf between August 2, 1943 and April 26, 1945. The list of the dead includes Americans, Belgians, French, Italians, Poles, Romanians, Russians, Slovaks, Yugoslavs, and other nationalities. 2.The second list includes more than 2,000 prisoners from various countries whom the Gestapo transferred from jail in Vienna to the “labor reeducation camp” in Oberlanzendorf between January 1, 1944 and July 13, 1944. This list of prisoners includes Croatians, Greeks, French, Poles, Russians, Serbians, Slovaks, Ukrainians, and other nationalities. The list also includes political prisoners.
Corporate Bodies
- Stalag XVII B Krems-Gneixendorf
Subjects
- Forced labor--Austria.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Belgian.
- Political prisoners--Austria.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Greek.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Ukrainians.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Italians.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Slovaks.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Russians.
- World War, 1939-1945--Austria--Stalag XVII B Krems-Gneixendorf.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Polish.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Slovaks.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American.
- World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Austria.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Yugoslavians.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Croatians.
- Prisoners of war--Austria--Register.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Romanians.
- Concentration camps--Austria--Oberlanzendorf.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Serbians.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American--Germany.
Genre
- Registers
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Österreichisches Staatsarchiv