The Union of Austrian Jewish State Zionists, Vienna Verband der Judenstaatszionisten Österreichs, Wien (Fond 727)

Identifier
irn611134
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0085.1.33
  • RG-11.001M.33
Dates
1 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1937
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Danish
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn611134

Extent and Medium

3 microfilm reels (partial), 16 mm

914 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Verband der Judenstaatszionisten ?sterreichs (Wien)

Biographical History

Verband der Judenstaatszionisten Ősterreichs (Wien)-The Union of Austrian Jewish State Zionists (Vienna) was the Austrian Jewish branch of the Jewish State Party (JSP). The organization represented the wing of the radical Zionists. The Union of Austrians Jewish State Zionists published and informational bulletin and the newspaper “Die Neue Welt”.

Archival History

Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv

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.

Source of acquisition is the Russian State Military Archive (Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv), Osobyi Archive, Fond 727. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 1993, and accretion in 2006.

Scope and Content

Files of the Union of Austrian Jewish State Zionists, Vienna. Included are appeals to help fellow Jews in Germany and a name list of Viennese and Graz Jews who gave monetary contributions; reports on the activities of the World Zionist Organization (WZO) and the Women’s International Zionist Organization (Wizo); minutes of meetings of the Zionist Organization of Holland (1919); informational circulars of the Hashomer Hatzair (1937), the Jewish Agricultural Societies (1933); financial statements; annual reports (1934-1937), materials on Zionist conferences; materials on aid to Jewish settlements in Palestine, and a case file regarding union members: Schwartz and Goldman, accused of personally insulting M. Later. The collection also contains printed materials: two issues of Brit Hakana’im’s journal “Haruah Hahadasha” (April 1936 and January 1938), periodicals, including a newspaper “Die Neue Zeit (1918), “Die Stimme” (1928), “Die Wahrheit (1938), “la Rassegna Mensile di Israel (1935), “Karnemu” (1937), and various Zionists pamphlets. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.

System of Arrangement

Fond 725 (1915-1938). Opis 1; Delo 1-11. Selected records arranged in one series: 1. Files of the Union of Austrian Jewish State Zionists, 1935-1937. Note: Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reels #103, 393-394; Reel 103: Image #1407-1565; Reel 393: Image #2189-Reel end; Reel 394: Reel start-Image #643.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv

People

  • Verband der Judenstaatszionisten ?sterreichs (Wien)

Corporate Bodies

  • World Hashomer Hatzair
  • Wizo
  • World Zionist Organization

Subjects

  • Austria--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Austria--Ethnic relations.
  • Zionism and communism--Europe--20th century.
  • Jewish organizations--Austria--History--20th century.
  • Agriculture--Study and teaching.
  • Jews--Persecution--Europe--History--20th century.
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • Antisemitism--History--20th century.
  • Europe--Politics and government--20th century.

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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