Confiscated property Entzogene Vermögenschaften
Extent and Medium
2 microfilm reels, 16 mm
Archival History
Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv
Acquisition
Original records are located in the Wiener Stadt-und Landesarchiv, Vienna, Austria. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project exchanged the microfilm with the Yad Vashem Archives in Jerusalem, Israel. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm in Jan. 2003.
Scope and Content
Contains records of Jewish-owned movie theaters in the vicinity of Vienna, Austria, expropriated by the Österreichische Filmvertriebsgesellschaft, later called the Österreichische Filmvertriebsgeschaft; restitution files after World War II; and 178 files of individuals whose personal property was expropriated, including inventories of items, objects, and insurance polices.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic. Yad Vashem numbers: JM/14403-14404. Reel 1, Files on the following movie houses: Weltspiegel, Skala, Apollo, Opern, Tabor, Schweden, and Ostmaerkische Filmtheater Betriebsgesellschaft; Personal files on property expropriated from individuals; Reel 2, Personal files on property expropriated from individuals continued
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv
Subjects
- Austria--Politics and government--1945-.
- Jewish property--Austria.
- Insurance policies--Austria.
- Jews--Austria--History.
- Motion picture theaters--Austria--Vienna.
- Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)--Austria.
- Austria--Politics and government--1938-1945.
Genre
- Document
- Registers.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv