Justice Ministry : State Public Prosecutor's Office at the Superior State Court Vienna-Criminal cases, 1939-1945. Justizministerium : Staatsanwaltschaft beim Oberlandesgericht Wien-Strafsachen (Signatur: AT-OeStA/AVA Justiz), 1939-1945

Identifier
irn46424
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.41
  • RG-17.041M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

84,705 digital images, JPEG

239 microfilm reels (partially digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

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 March 2018.

Scope and Content

Clemency appeals before the Vienna Court of Appeals, including from former illegal Nazi party members in Austria for crimes committed before Austria's annexation to Nazi Germany.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is chronological. Records selected from 120 archival cartons (Carton 5185 to 5350). Reels #156 to #159, contain auxiliary files (Justizministerium: Oberlandesgericht Nachtrag).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Österreichisches Staatsarchiv

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

Genre

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.