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Country: Israel
Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Personal documentation belonging to Liane Bertl Podhorcer and her parents, Arthur and Helene Podhorcer, from Vienna, and their emigration to England, 1939

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Personal documentation belonging to Liane Bertl Podhorcer and her parents, Arthur and Helene Podhorcer, from Vienna, and their emigration to England, 1939 The documentation includes birth certificates of members of the Podhorcer and Langer families; a psychiatric evaluation testifying to the fact that Arthur Podhorcer was held by the Gestapo and as a result of his detention suffers from emotional disturbances, 1958; transit certificate belonging to Liane Podhorcer, 1946; nationalization document belonging to Liane Podhorcer and Oath of Allegiance to the British monarchy. All the documents w...

  2. Two documents issued by the Jewish community in Linz to Rudolf Gans-Schiller, including certification of his appointment as Director of the Emigration Bureau in Linz, 1938

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Two documents issued by the Jewish community in Linz to Rudolf Gans-Schiller, including certification of his appointment as Director of the Emigration Bureau in Linz, 1938 - Thank-you letter to Rudolf Gans-Schiller from the Jewish community in Linz for the donation of 4,000 Reichsmark in support of needy Jews and assistance to the emigration of needy Jews; - Certificate from the Jewish community in Linz that Rudolf Gans-Schiller was appointed by Max Hirschfeld, Chairman of the Jewish community, as Director of the Emigration Bureau in Linz, and responsible for the entire Oberdonau area, and ...

  3. Personal documentation belonging to Moritz Baecker from Vienna

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Personal documentation belonging to Moritz Baecker from Vienna - Personal documentation and a personal photograph; - Heimatschein (Residence certificate) in the city of Vienna, 1935; - Exemption from military service because he is a Jew, 1938; - List of personal travel equipment approved by the Devisenstelle (Foreign Currency Authority) for emigration needs; - Income Tax exemption certificate; - Voucher for sending mail to the Gestapo, 1939; - Personal letter sent by Moritz Baecker from Buchenwald to his father, 15 January 1939; - Negative photograph of the above letter; - Correspondence wi...

  4. Varied documentary material from the Innsbruck community and the Tyrol district regarding antisemitism before the war, confiscation of property, anti-Jewish legislation and disbanding of the communities in the Tyrol district

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Varied documentary material from the Innsbruck community and the Tyrol district regarding antisemitism before the war, confiscation of property, anti-Jewish legislation and disbanding of the communities in the Tyrol district - Performance of the antisemitic play, "Das Anderle von Rinn", based on the blood libel from the Middle Ages, and the reaction of the public and the press to the play; - Confiscation of property and use of assets and personal belongings for the needs of senior Nazi party officials - seizure of real estate, mansions and villas; - Suicide of Friedrich Reitlinger, owner of...

  5. Documentation regarding Austrian Jews who were active in the French Resistance movement, 1941-1965

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Documentation regarding Austrian Jews who were active in the French Resistance movement, 1941-1965 - Testimony of Dr. Selma Steinmetz, the fighter, regarding her experiences in Resistance movement activities until her arrest, tortures she endured and her release; her testimony mentions Tucek, the Gestapo interrogator, and his cruel treatment of the prisoners; -Names of Jewish resistance fighters and their families, and their fate; - Separate list of Jews who were active as agents for and collaborators with the Gestapo who handed over Jewish fighters to the Gestapo; the reports were prepared...

  6. Evakuierung der Juden aus Wien - Sonderbehandlung (Deportation of the Jews of Vienna -special handling) to the Generalgouvernement in Poland

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Evakuierung der Juden aus Wien - Sonderbehandlung (Deportation of the Jews of Vienna -special handling) to the Generalgouvernement in Poland - Decisions made by the Gestapo at a joint meeting of Dr. Karl Ebner, Anton Brunner, Laube and Herbert Mueller on the question of the special handling and the special treatment of the Jews destined for deportation to the Generalgouvernement: disabled World War I veterans, Mischlinge, former government officials, Jews with emigration papers, those with foreign citizenship, those suffering from incurable diseases, the elderly, 12 February 1941; - Gestapo...

  7. Report issued by Dr. Loewenherz based on a diary of meetings between Lowenherz and Adolf Eichmann and his assistants, 1938-1945

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Report issued by Dr. Loewenherz based on a diary of meetings between Lowenherz and Adolf Eichmann and his assistants, 1938-1945 The main portion of the report concentrates on emigration, personal pressure and Eichmann's threats to speed up emigration of the Jews from Austria; description of Lowenherz' efforts to moderate Eichmann's decrees, the feeling of gloom pervading the Jews; anti-Jewish legislation; damages to person and to property; pressures imposed on Lowenherz such as detention, house-arrest, threats of personal sanctions against him after discovery of the "Baum Group" Affair, the...

  8. Plan for rescuing youth and children, establishment of the Central Office for Emigration of the Jews of Austria, the "Gildemeester Aktion (program to force the Austrian Jews to emigrate)", protocol and correspondence of Dr. Friedrich Neumann

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Plan for rescuing youth and children, establishment of the Central Office for Emigration of the Jews of Austria, the "Gildemeester Aktion (program to force the Austrian Jews to emigrate)", protocol and correspondence of Dr. Friedrich Neumann - Protocol of a discussion with the participation of Fritz Kraus, representative of the Reich Statthalterei (Office of the Reich Governor of Vienna), Dr. Erich Rajakovic, from Dr. Gallop's office, and Dr. Alfred Neumann, spokesman for the Jewish side, regarding the "Uebersiedlung Juedische Jugendliche und Kinder ins Ausland (Emigration of Youth and Chil...

  9. Nazi documentation regarding Judenumsiedlung (Resettlement of Jews) and seizing real estate belonging to the Jewish community of Vienna for the needs of the Waffen-SS

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Nazi documentation regarding Judenumsiedlung (Resettlement of Jews) and seizing real estate belonging to the Jewish community of Vienna for the needs of the Waffen-SS In the file: - Written notices from the Gauleitung (Area Administration) of Vienna regarding an operation to evict the Viennese Jews from their apartments which would then be handed over for the use of [Nazi] party members; Gestapo opposition to the initiative taken by the party in this matter; continuation of the "Aktion" could be carried out only through the Wohnungsant (Office for Residential Matters); - Correspondence betw...

  10. Correspondence and personal documentation of Dr. Josef Loewenherz, 1934-1943

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Correspondence and personal documentation of Dr. Josef Loewenherz, 1934-1943 - Correspondence regarding allocation of a plot of land in the Ahuza neighborhood (Haifa-1934?) in honor of Dr. Loewenherz's 50th birthday; - Dr. Loewenherz's trip to Paris on behalf of the community regarding receiving financial assistance for emigration with the approval of the Gestapo Zentralstelle ((Central Office for Jewish Emigration), 07 March 1939; request to take personal luggage for the trip approved by the Devisenstelle (Foreign Currency Office) in Vienna, with the exception of a gold watch, which was re...

  11. NSDAP (Nazi party) and Gestapo documentation regarding travel permits, arrests, confiscation of property of the Jewish community and its library and looting the contents of synagogues during the Novemberaktion (November "Aktion"), 1938

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    NSDAP (Nazi party) and Gestapo documentation regarding travel permits, arrests, confiscation of property of the Jewish community and its library and looting the contents of synagogues during the Novemberaktion (November "Aktion"), 1938 Nazi documentation regarding the Novemberaktion, 1938: - Arrests of Jews following the Kristallnacht riots among the Jews of St. Poelten; the Eichgraben vocational training camp and the Talheim vocational camp; confiscation of the archives of the Jewish community of Vienna; issuing of passports; detention of Jews with a previous conviction in the Dachau conce...

  12. Correspondence regarding the deportation of the Jews of Vienna to areas of Poland and confiscation of their property by the Vugestap, February 1941 - November 1941

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Correspondence regarding the deportation of the Jews of Vienna to areas of Poland and confiscation of their property by the Vugestap, February 1941 - November 1941 The file includes: - Telegram regarding coordinated activity between the NSDAP and the Gestapo regarding deportation of the Jews of Vienna to the Generalgouvernement area, excluding those with authorized emigration documents; - Correspondence between Scharizer, from the NSDAP, and Ernst Kaltenbrunner, from the MSSPF, regarding logistics, March 1941; - General circular issued by Laube, from the NSDAP, to all the Kreisleiter in the...

  13. Appointments of notable people to serve as leaders of the Viennese Jewish community, 1938

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Appointments of notable people to serve as leaders of the Viennese Jewish community, 1938 - Copy of a document issued by the "Besonderes Stadtamt Wien" regarding the appointments of Dr. Josef Loewenherz as Chairman of the Viennese Jewish community and an eight member advisory committee, 28 May 1938; - Granting of exclusive authority to the Community Chairman; - The appointments, guidelines and granting of authority in accordance with the decision of the Gestapo in Vienna.

  14. Review of events and happenings regarding the situation of Austrian Jewry, 1938-1944, and personal notes and evaluations made by the reviewer

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Review of events and happenings regarding the situation of Austrian Jewry, 1938-1944, and personal notes and evaluations made by the reviewer - Summary description of the events and happenings that determined the fate of the Jews of Austria from the Anschluss (Annexation to the Reich), 1938, to the liquidation of Austrian Jewry through emigration abroad of most of the Jews and deportation of Jews to concentration and extermination camps (with the exception of Jews who had intermarried and the children of intermarriages). The review includes: statistical data, anti-Jewish legislation, mass d...

  15. Report-summary of the period written by Dr. Josef Loewenherz, 1946

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Report-summary of the period written by Dr. Josef Loewenherz, 1946 The report is a type of summary-reconstuction of the events and developments experienced by Austrian Jewry from 1938 until the end of the war. It is divided into three stages and is both a general and a personal summary in which Loewenherz confronts his critics. This is a general survey of the activities of the Vienna Jewish community; the days of the Anschluss (annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany); violent harassment, confiscation of property, mass arrests including of the leaders, deportations and anti-Jewish legislation...

  16. Official documentation of the Linz community regarding emigration, prayer times, registration of Jews who have converted and more, 1938-1945

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Official documentation of the Linz community regarding emigration, prayer times, registration of Jews who have converted and more, 1938-1945 - Information pages regarding emigration matters, September 1938; - Appeal from the local Zionist movement chapter to contribute to the JNF (Jewish National Fund); - Prayer times for the High Holydays, religious holidays, Shabbatot and weekdays, September-October; 1938 - Obligation of Nichtglaubensjuden (Jews who have converted) to register according to orders from the Gestapo; - Reminder with a request from the Chairman of the Community (with no name ...

  17. Regulations of the Aeltestenrat der Juden in Wien (Council of Elders of the Jews in Vienna)

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Regulations of the Aeltestenrat der Juden in Wien (Council of Elders of the Jews in Vienna) The regulations are applicable to all the Jews of Austria (Two copies) - Description of the territorial area of Aeltestenrat activity, its authority, membership in the community, the leadership, the positions, its subordination to the Gestapo, disbanding of the Aeltestenrat.

  18. Letter of appointment of Dr. Josef Loewenherz as Chairman of the Altestenrat (Council of the Elders of the Jews) in Vienna

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Letter of appointment of Dr. Josef Loewenherz as Chairman of the Altestenrat (Council of the Elders of the Jews) in Vienna - Advisory members: Wilhelm Bienenfeld; Dr. Heinerich Dessauer and Dr. Benjamin Murmelstein; - Copy of an official letter from Gestapo Stapo (Statepolice) Engelbert Huber in Vienna to Dr. Josef Loewenherz, 01 January 1943; - Photocopy of the Letter of Appointment.

  19. List of synagogues and houses of worship in Vienna, 10 November 1938, and an invitation to a ceremony in honor of the 120th anniversary of the Wiener Stadt Tempel, 1946

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    List of synagogues and houses of worship in Vienna, 10 November 1938, and an invitation to a memorial ceremony in honor of the 120th anniversary of the Wiener Stadt Tempel, 1946 In the file: List of synagogues and houses of worship as prepared by the Gestapo attached to the Vienna STAPO headquarters, 30 November 1938. The list is arranged by urban districts (Bezirke) and the names of the streets have been erased; the list is signed by Johann Pelz [Filz?]; within the list, there is a note that according to orders of Gauleiter Josef Buerkel the place of worship (Tempel) on Seitenstettengasse ...

  20. Documentation of the Geheime Feldpolizei (GFP-Secret Field Police), 07 October 1938

    1. O.32 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Soviet Union from the Holocaust period

    Documentation of the Geheime Feldpolizei (GFP-Secret Field Police), 07 October 1938 Announcement of a secret meeting of representatives of German organizations at the highest level, including the Gestapo, Security Police, Wehrmacht General Staff and Propaganda Office regarding the emigration to German territories from Soviet territories, treatment of Poles by the Ukrainians and the establishment of a Doveryya Ukraynskyh Komytet (Ukrainian Loyalty Committee) in Berlin.