Reichsstatthalter in Wien-Staatliche Verwaltung des Reichsgaues Wien ( Signature: AT-OeStA/AdR ZNsZ RStH Wien)
Extent and Medium
159,946 digital images, JPEG
142 microfilm reels, 35 mm
Archival History
Österreichisches Staatsarchiv
Acquisition
Records created by the Office of Reich Governor and Nazi party district leader, Baldur von Schirach. After WWII records were held by the Allgemeines Verwaltungsarchiv/General Administrative Archives, and later by the Archiv der Republik/Austrian State Archives (1987-present). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv (Austrian State Archives) via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in Jan. 2011.
Scope and Content
Contains records pertaining to the Office of Reich Governor and Nazi party district leader Baldur von Schirach. Contains a wide variety of Nazi administrative records, including weekly reports from various countries in Europe and the Middle East; Gestapo records; speeches; administrative police matters including secret police reports; expropriation and Aryanization records; prison and court matters including prisoner transports; regulations concerning the treatment of Jews; appeals; records pertaining to the treatment of political enemies including clergy, as well as forced laborers and prisoners of war; the treatment of handicapped patients; Jewish emigration including the Central Office for Jewish Emigration; rules and regulations concerning emigration, passports; identification requirements for certain groups including Jews; correspondence from the general population; reports concerning deportations of Jews; administrative decrees concerning cultural events and propaganda; and more.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Österreichisches Staatsarchiv
People
- Schirach, Baldur von, 1907-1974.
Corporate Bodies
- Hitler Youth
Subjects
- Priests--Europe.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria.
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Deportation--Austria--Vienna.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons--Europe.
- Aryanization.
- National socialism.
- Austria--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Political prisoners--Europe.
- Prisoners of war--Europe.
- Forced labor--Germany--History--20th century.
- Europe--Emigration and immigration--History.
Genre
- Decrees.
- Reports.
- Document
- Speeches.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Österreichisches Staatsarchiv