Political files Politische Akten

Identifier
irn37281
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.83
  • RG-17.029M
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37281

Extent and Medium

96,108 digital images, JPEG

42 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm

1 CD,

Archival History

Oberösterreichisches Landesarchiv

Acquisition

From the Oberösterreichisches Landesarchiv (State Archives of Upper Austria), archival signature C17. These records were collected from various district governments (Bezirkshauptmannschaften) by the State Archives of Upper Austria (Oberösterreichisches Landesarchiv) in 1946 on behalf of the Austrian federal government. In the decades after 1946 several accretions were added, including Nazi Party membership and other card files found in the cellar of the Bezirkshauptmannschaft Gmunden. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection from the State Archives of Upper Austria via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in June 2009.

Scope and Content

Contains documents on illegal Nazi activities in Austria before its annexation to Germany in March 1938. Topics covered include the Nazi administration in Oberdonau from 1938 to 1945 and the Aryanization of Jewish property, as well as postwar denazification.The collection includes records from the Bezirkshauptmannschaften of Braunau am Inn; Eferding; Gmunden; Grieskrichen; Kirchdorf an der Krems; Linz-Land; Ried im Innkreis; Schärding; and Steyr.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Oberösterreichisches Landesarchiv

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Austria.
  • Braunau am Inn (Austria)
  • Kirchdorf an der Krems (Austria : Politischer Bezirk)
  • Linz-Land (Austria : Politischer Bezirk)
  • Gmunden (Austria)
  • Eferding (Austria)
  • Ried im Innkreis (Austria)
  • Steyr (Austria)
  • Austria--Economic policy--1933-1945.
  • Schärding (Austria)
  • Aryanization.
  • Jewish property--Austria.

Genre

  • Document
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