Forced labor book collection, 1938-1945

Identifier
irn517821
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.506.1
  • RG-17.009
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517821

Extent and Medium

oversize boxes

box

40

1

Creator(s)

  • Paul Rachler

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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 acquired the collection from Austrian historian and collector, Paul Rachler, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Program Division in October 2005.

Scope and Content

Contains 801 forced labor work books of laborers from Western, Eastern, and Southern Europe stationed in Vienna, Austria.

System of Arrangement

Forced labor books organized in an alphabetical order by prisoner names.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Paul Rachler

Subjects

  • Forced labor--Austria.
  • Work camps--Austria.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.

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.

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