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Documentation regarding deportations of Jews from Vienna and Prague, October 1939

Documentation regarding deportations of Jews from Vienna and Prague, October 1939 - Orders from Adolf Eichmann to place the senior Jewish leaders, Berthold Storfer, Boschen, Richard Friedmann, Benjamin Murmelstein, Jakob Edelstein and Mauricy Gruen as the organizers of the first transport, which was thought of as the "Exemplary Transport"; it was said that the deportees were being sent to Maehrish-Osttrau; Correspondence between Dr. Loewenherz and the Zentralstelle fuer Juedische Auswanderung (Central Office for Jewish Emigration) from Austria in Vienna regarding substituting Robert Prochnik for Benjamin...

File Number : 82

Type of Material : Reports, Letter, Official Documentation

Language : German

Report of the Vienna Jewish Community (in English), 02 May 1938-31 December 1939

Report of the Vienna Jewish Community (in English), 02 May 1938-31 December 1939 The booklet (with an artistic-graphic design) is dedicated to Mrs. Sofie Loewenherz (according to the frontispiece of the booklet). Its contents are divided according to main topics, opening with an introduction quoting the main principles of the community constitution, gratitude for the financial help from outside sources and the sense of responsibility of the leadership. There are five sections in the booklet: emigration, vocational training, social welfare, budget and foreign currency (transfers and funding of emigration)....

File Number : 7

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : English

Documentation of the Jewish Historical Documentation Center, Linz, regarding accusations against Robert Prochnik, the assistant of the Jews' elder in Theresienstadt, who signed lists of people intended for deportation Testimonies and correspondence of the Jewish Historical Documentation Center, Linz, with the Council of Jewish Communities in Prague and the Jewish community in Vienna, regarding Robert Prochnik, who was the assistant of Rabbi Dr. Benjamin Murmelstein, the Jews' elder in Theresienstadt; Robert Prochnik was accused of signing the lists of people intended for deportation .

File Number : 110

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German