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R.2 - National Socialist Party documentation from the Gau Wien (Vienna District), 1938-1945

R.2 - National Socialist Party documentation from the Gau Wien (Vienna District), 1938-1945 NSDAP Gau Wien was established in 1926. The last Gauleiter (District Director) before the annexation of Austria to Germany was Dr. Leopold Tavs, who was appointed to this position in 1937. On 22 May 1938, after the Anschluss, when all the institutions in Austria, including the Nazi institutions were reorganized, SS-Standartenführer Odilo Globocnik was given that position. He was removed from his job after suspicions of corruption on his part arose, and Josef Bürckel was appointed in his place on 31 January 1939. ...

Type of Material : Survey Report, Official Documentation, Protocol

Language : German

Gau Wien of the National Socialist Party (NSDAP, Vienna): Applications to the NSDAP with requests for amnesty from legislation and regulations relating to Jews, 1939-1941

Gau Wien of the National Socialist Party (NSDAP, Vienna): Applications to the NSDAP with requests for amnesty from legislation and regulations relating to Jews, 1939-1941 The file includes personal applications to the NSDAP, in particular to Buerkl in his position as Gauleiter, to receive amnesty (Gnadengesuche) from legislation and regulations relating to Jews; some of the applications request exemptions, including being identified as a Jew, due to reasons related to the applicant's origins; transfer of these requests to the Kanzlei des Fuehrers (Office of the Fuehrer); other applications request amnesty...

File Number : 11

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German