Records pertaining to the expropriation of property belonging to Sigmund Freud's sisters
Extent and Medium
3,746 digital images, JPEG
2 CD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.
Archival History
Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna, Austria)
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Sigmund Freud Museum Wien via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Program Division in April 2005.
Scope and Content
Contains documents pertaining to the systematic expropriation of Sigmund Freud's sisters' assets by the Nazis, including the plundering of a trust fund set up for the sisters' benefit by their brother, Alexander Freud. Also includes documents from the 1960's and 70's related to a restitution effort.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna, Austria)
People
- Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939--Friends and associates.
Subjects
- Jews--Austria--History--20th century.
- War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria.
- World War, 1939-1945--Austria.
- Psychoanalysts--Austria.
- Jewish property--Austria.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Austria.
- Jews--Austria--History.
- National socialism--Austria--History.
- Jews--Intellectual life--History.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna, Austria)