Dokumentationsarchiv des Österreichischen Widerstandes records relating to Roma in Austria

Identifier
irn502963
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.078
  • RG-07.007.01
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502963

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The materials were given to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by DöW, which holds photocopies of documents from various sources in Europe.

Scope and Content

Consists of copies of various letters and government-generated documents relating to the fate of Roma in Austria during and after the Holocaust. The documents focus on topics such as deportations, establishment of concentration camps for Roma, forced labor of Roma, and transports of Roma to Mauthausen and Auschwitz.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Leopoldskron (Austria)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Austria.
  • Romani Genocide, 1939-1945.
  • Linz (Austria)
  • Involuntary sterilization.
  • Austria--History--1938-1945.
  • Concentration camps--Germany.
  • Race relations.
  • Tyrol (Austria)
  • Transports.
  • Deportation.
  • Concentration camps--Poland.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.
  • Police.
  • Weyer (Austria)
  • Diseases.

Genre

  • Document
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