Application forms for the mandatory adoption of the names Sara and Israel for Austrian Jews
Extent and Medium
1 microfilm reel, 16 mm
Archival History
Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv
Acquisition
Original records located in the Wiener Stadt-und Landesarchiv, Vienna, Austria. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project received the microfilm in Apr. 2003 from the Yad Vashem through its mutual microfilm exchange.program.
Scope and Content
Contains mandatory name-change applications received from Jews by the Vienna, Austria, district offices of the Bezirkshauptmannschaften.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is alphabetical by last name of an applicant within each year group. Organized chronologically.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv
Subjects
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria.
- Jews--Austria--History.
- Antisemitism--Austria.
- Austria--Politics and government--1938-1945.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv