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
Extent and Medium
84,705 digital images, JPEG
239 microfilm reels (partially digitized), 35 mm
Creator(s)
- Austria. Justizministerium
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
- Ministry of Justice (Austria)
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Austria.
- Antisemitism--Austria--History--20th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria.
- Austria
- National socialism--Austria--History.
- Austria--Politics and government--1918-1938.
- Nazis--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Austria--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Austria.
Genre
- Document
- Correspondence.