Justice Ministry : State Public Prosecutor's Office at the Superior State Court Vienna-General files Justizministerium : Staatsanwaltschaft beim Oberlandesgericht Wien-Generalakten
Extent and Medium
41,554 digital images, JPEG
42 microfilm reels (partially digitized), 35 mm
Creator(s)
- Austria. Justizministerium
Archival History
Österreichisches Staatsarchiv
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv (Austrian State Archives), a sub-collection of a larger group of records of the Ministry of Justice (Signatur: AT-OeStA/AVA Justiz). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in April 2012, and accretion in Nov. 2018.
Scope and Content
Contains miscellaneous documents relating to regulations and administrative and legal matters addressed by the Justice Ministry in Vienna on a variety of issues, such as: punishment of sexual relations between Jews and non-Jews living in the Protectorate; convictions of females by the state court of Vienna for forbidden contact with prisoners of war; treatment of foreign laborers; confiscation of assets ("Vermögensbeschlagnahme"), control of incoming and outgoing assets ("Devisenfahndungsamt") in Nazi Germany and the Ostmark as well as the Nazi occupied territories; secret investigations ("Bedeutsame Aufdeckungsfälle") of Jews accused of smuggling assets and goods, as well as reports about the handling of unclaimed and left behind Jewish assets; the Emsland camps and members of the clergy; prison labor; culture and public welfare, including public health measures ("Volksgesundheit").
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Österreichisches Staatsarchiv
Corporate Bodies
- Ministry of Justice (Austria)
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- Austria--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria.
- Forced labor--Germany--Emsland--1930-1940.
- Emsland (Germany)--History.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Austria.
- Nazis--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Austria
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany--Emsland--1930-1940.
- Prisoners of war--Austria.
- Austria--Politics and government--1918-1938.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Germany.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Österreichisches Staatsarchiv