Franz Wohlfahrt papers

Identifier
irn502984
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.A.0249
  • RG-32.004.01
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502984

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

Franz Wohlfahrt

Acquisition

The materials were collected by Franz Wohlfahrt during and after the Holocaust. The materials were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Sept. 1989 by Franz Wohlfahrt.

Scope and Content

Consists of various materials describing the fate of Jehovah's Witnesses during the Holocaust in Austria and the Franz Wohlfahrt family's experiences of persecution, imprisonment, and execution.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

People

  • Wohlfahrt, Gregor.
  • Gostner, Erwin.
  • Wohlfahrt, Franz, 1920-
  • Samonig, Franz.
  • Uran, Anton, 1920-1943.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Executions and executioners.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Austria--History--1938-1945.
  • Christians.
  • Jehovah's Witnesses--Nazi persecution.
  • Prisoners.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • Dietersdorf (Austria)

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.