Association of Jewish Merchants and Craftsmen, Vienna Verband der jüdischen kaufleute und handwerker, Wien (Fond 1191)
Extent and Medium
1 microfilm reel (partial), 16 mm
1,108 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Verband j?disher kaufleute und handwerker
Biographical History
The Association of Jewish Merchants and Craftsmen (Vienna) was funded in 1928 with the aim of coordinating the Austrian Jewish business community’s efforts in various areas of the economy and public life. Unaffiliated with any political party, the association called for unity among Austrian Jewry, believing that, given the frequent economic crises and increasing nationalist distributions from ruin. In 1934, the Yad Harutzim (hand of the Diligent) Society of Jewish Craftsmen, founded in 1908, joined the association on an autonomous basis. The association published the journal “Die Wirshaft”; its chairmen were Joseoph Jolles and A. Taub. The organization’s activities ceased after the Nazi Anschluss of Austria.
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 1191. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2006.
Scope and Content
This collection contains various office records of the Association of Jewish Merchants and Craftsmen in Vienna, Austria: correspondence; minutes of board meetings and general meetings of the membership; records pertaining to the association's publication "Die Wirtschaft"; and financial records. Includes also questionnaires about association member’s professions; issues of the Vienna commercial and industrial newspaper and of the Czechoslovakian economic bulletin “Vestnik”; and informational bulletin of the Austrian Chamber of Exports. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.
System of Arrangement
Fond 1191 (1928-1935). Opis 1; Dela 13. Arranged in three series: 1. Journals, correspondence and minutes, 1928-1935; 2. Information bulletins and other printed materials, 1934-1935 ; 2. Financial records, 1931-1932. Note: Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reel #453: Image #1059-Reel end.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
People
- Verband j?disher kaufleute und handwerker
Subjects
- Palestine--Emigration and immigration--1917-1948.
- Jews--Austria--Vienna--History--20th century.
- Trading companies--Austria--Vienna--History--20th century.
- Jewish committees (ushmm)
- Jewish refugees--Austria--Vienna--History--20th century.
- Vienna (Austria)--History--20th century.
- Industries--Austria--Vienna--History--20th century.
Genre
- Bulletins.
- Minutes.
- Journals (periodicals)
- Document
- Financial records.
- Correspondence.