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Memoirs of Leon John Bortniker, born in Vienna, Austria, 1919, regarding his experiences in Vienna until his emigration to the United States, 1939

Memoirs of Leon John Bortniker, born in Vienna, Austria, 1919, regarding his experiences in Vienna until his emigration to the United States, 1939 Life in Vienna between World War I and World War II; displays of antisemitism in schools, activities of the Schutzbund Federation (Republican Protection Association) of the Social Democrats party and of the Heimwehr (Home Guard) of the Christian Socialists party; murder of Dr. Engelbert Dolfuss, 1935; election of Kurt von Schuschnigg as the prime minister; Anschluss, and the annexation of Austria to the German Reich; persecution of the Jews; entry of Hitler into...

File Number : 254

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Testimony of Haim Schneider, born in Vienna, Austria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Austria, aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939 and in the British Army

Testimony

Testimony of Haim Schneider, born in Vienna, Austria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Austria, aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939 and in the British Army Life before the war; activities in the Blau-Weiss movement; assassination of Engelbert Dollfuss, the Chancellor of Austria, by Nazis, 1934; establishment of soup kitchens; confiscation of his father's workshops by Sturmabteilung, SA members and the police. Annexation of Austria to Germany, March 1938; cleaning of walls and streets by Jews; deportation of the Jewish intellectuals to Dachau; Kristallnacht; burning of synagogues; detention of his father and a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Affidavit submitted by Franz Von Papen, regarding his activities as the German Ambassador in Austria, May 1945

Affidavit submitted by Franz Von Papen, regarding his activities as the German Ambassador in Austria, May 1945 Preparation for the Anschluss, including efforts to reach a unification of the two countries in a gradual and "natural" manner, 1934-1938; murder of Dollfuss; receipt of an invitation to Berlin; receipt of a proposal for a diplomatic mission in Vienna; reservations presented by him for the terms of acceptance to the position; attempt by Goebbels and Roehm to initiate a "second revolution"; resignation from the position of Vice Chancellor; Hindenburg's political Will; diplomatic life in Austria;...

File Number : 75

Type of Material : Legal Documentation

Language : German

Sozialistische Arbeiter Internationale SAI (Labor and Socialist International) documentation, 1931-1934

Sozialistische Arbeiter Internationale SAI (Labor and Socialist International) documentation, 1931-1934 - Correspondence between Friedrich Adler from the Zurich chapter and Otto Bauer from the Berlin chapter; - Reports and surveys; decisions made regarding active plans in the international political area; strengthening the status of the workers; - Telegram of encouragement from the International chapter in Warsaw, Poland; - Correspondence with the Toulon, France chapter. Also in the file: - Description of the uprisings of the Austrian workers, 15 July 1927 and July 1934; - Riots by Nazis and...

File Number : 174

Type of Material : Telegram, Letter, Survey Report, Official Documentation

Language : French, English, German

Testimony of Professor Fedele D'Amico regarding Telesio Interlandi, the manager of the "Il Tevere" newspaper

Testimony of Professor Fedele D'Amico regarding Telesio Interlandi, the manager of the "Il Tevere" newspaper - Founding of the "Il Tevere" newspaper as a social and cultural leisure time newspaper in 1924; - Work of Professor Fedele D'Amico in his youth as a writer for the musical criticism section of the "Il Tevere" newspaper, 1932-1933; - Changes that took place in the political nature of the "Il Tevere" newspaper after the murder of Engelbert Dollfuss, July 1934; - Overview regarding the ideological positions of Telesio Interlandi.

File Number : 95

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Italian

Testimony of Yehudit Lili (Shisha) Gros, born in St. Veit au de Triesting, Austria, 1924, regarding her experiences during Kristallnacht and on the "Patria" ship

Testimony

File Number : 9409

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Correspondence between Himmler, Heydrich and others regarding the activities of the SS Historical Commission and the "Inquiry Commission" into the "crimes" committed by the Dollfuss government, 1938-1939

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Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

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Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German