Justice Ministry : State Public Prosecutor's Office at the Superior State Court Vienna, Dept. 6, 1939-1945 ; Miscellaneous Matters of Penal Institutions Justizministerium : Staatsanwaltschaft beim Oberlandesgericht Wien, Abt. 6, 1939-1945; Diverse Angelegenheiten der Vollzugsanstalten-Sammelakten

Identifier
irn46420
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.38
  • RG-17.038M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn46420

Extent and Medium

129,383 digital images, JPEG

129 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Austria. Justizministerium

Archival History

Österreichisches Staatsarchiv

Acquisition

From 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.

Scope and Content

Contains reports and communication documents from various prisons, penal institutions and detention facilities in the Ostmark (Austria), Bohemia and Moravia, and the General Gouvernment including Stein an der Donau, Hirtenberg, Krems, Kaiser-Ebersdorf, Znaim (Znojmo), Oppeln (Opava), Posen (Poznań), Vienna, and others; personnel matters of various courts and prosecutor's offices, including Vienna; lists of employees of the penal system; petitions received from inmates, including Jews; reports about incidences and infractions in the various penal institutions, including escaped inmates; reports and regulations about daily operations in the various penal institutions.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Österreichisches Staatsarchiv

Corporate Bodies

  • Nazi Party
  • Ministry of Justice (Austria)

Subjects

  • Stein an der Donau (Austria)--Politics and government.
  • Krems an der Donau (Austria)--Politics and government.
  • Hirtenberg (Austria)--Politics and government.
  • Austria--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons--Registers.
  • Political prisoners--Austria--Stein an der Donau.
  • Law--Austria--Stein an der Donau--Sources.
  • Prison administration--Austria--History--20th century.
  • Criminal justice, Administration of.
  • Znojmo (Czech Republic)--Politics and government.
  • Poznań (Poland)--Politics and government.
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Nazis--Legal status, laws, etc.
  • Austria
  • Law--Austria--Krems an der Donau--Sources.
  • Opava (Czech Republic)

Genre

  • Registers.
  • Document
  • Reports.
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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