Records pertaining to the expropriation of property belonging to Sigmund Freud's sisters

Identifier
irn516919
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.158
  • RG-17.006
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1972, 1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516919

Extent and Medium

3,746 digital images, JPEG

2 CD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.

Archival History

Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna, Austria)

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.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Sigmund Freud Museum Wien via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Program Division in April 2005.

Scope and Content

Contains documents pertaining to the systematic expropriation of Sigmund Freud's sisters' assets by the Nazis, including the plundering of a trust fund set up for the sisters' benefit by their brother, Alexander Freud. Also includes documents from the 1960's and 70's related to a restitution effort.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna, Austria)

People

  • Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939--Friends and associates.

Subjects

  • Jews--Austria--History--20th century.
  • Jewish property--Austria.
  • National socialism--Austria--History.
  • Psychoanalysts--Austria.
  • Jews--Intellectual life--History.
  • Jews--Austria--History.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Austria.
  • War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Austria.

Genre

  • Document
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.

Copies

  • Sigmund Freud Museum

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna, Austria)