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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

Documentation including telephone conversations held by Goering with German and Nazi factors in Vienna during the Anschluss period, 11-13/03/1938

Documentation including telephone conversations held by Goering with German and Nazi factors in Vienna during the Anschluss period, 11-13/03/1938 Transcripts of telephone conversations held by Goering with German and Nazi factors in Vienna, including Seyss-Inquart, the Minister of Interior of Austria, and with Dombrowski, the German Ambassador in Austria, with Dr. Viktor Ullrich, with General Von Muff, the Military Attache of Germany in Austria, and with Wilhelm Keppler, the State Secretary for Austrian Affairs; the subject of the discussions was the resignation of the Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg and his...

File Number : 73

Type of Material : Protocol

Language : German

Letter sent to Hitler by Franz von Papen, regarding the political crisis in Austria, 1935

Letter sent to Hitler by Franz von Papen, regarding the political crisis in Austria, 1935 Proposal by von Papen that Germany take action to spark a dispute between Schuschnigg and the Austrian nationalist leader Starhemberg, by means of accepting the opinion of Leopold, the head of the Nazi Party in Austria, to leave the political monopoly of the Party, and to connect with organizations on the Right among the Christian Socialists; Germany must recognize Austria's independence and act to make closer relations with Austria; The document is part of the Evidence material at the Nuremberg Trial; The...

File Number : 67

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Notes to the memorandum, "Bemerkungen zum Gedenkprotokoll", of Dr. J. H. Koerner, SA regarding events among the leadership of the Jewish community of Vienna and Austrian Jewry, 1926-1937

Notes to the memorandum, "Bemerkungen zum Gedenkprotokoll", of Dr. J. H. Koerner, SA regarding events among the leadership of the Jewish community of Vienna and Austrian Jewry, 1926-1937 Notes on the memorandum of Dr. J.H. Koepness regarding events among the leadership of the Jewish community of Vienna and Austrian Jewry, 1926-1937; - The main body of the memorandum deals with the question of the involvement of the leaders in Chancellor Karl Schuschnigg's struggles against the takeover of Austria by Germany and Schuschnigg's appeal to the Jews of Austria to provide financial and political assistance;...

File Number : 33

Type of Material : Protocol, Official Documentation

Language : German

Documentation including justification of Austrian policy after 1934 by Kurt Schuschnigg (Chancellor of Austria until the Anschluss) at the time of his arrest by the Gestapo in Vienna

Documentation including justification of Austrian policy after 1934 by Kurt Schuschnigg (Chancellor of Austria until the Anschluss) at the time of his arrest by the Gestapo in Vienna Also in the file: Excerpts from the diary of Anton Orel, a militant Catholic and antisemite, regarding his meeting with Chancellor Miklas (?).

File Number : 317

Type of Material : Survey Report, Official Documentation

Language : German

Agreements and pacts between Austria and Germany, 1936-1938

File Number : 89

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Speech delivered in the Austrian Parliament by Kurt Schuschnig, the Chancellor of Austria, before the annexation of Austria to Germany, 1938

File Number : 85

Type of Material : Placards, Manifesto

Language : German

Testimony

Testimony of Elsa (Spitzer) Altschuler, born in Esztergom, Hungary, 1909, regarding her experiences in Vienna as a citizen of Mandatory Palestine during the Anschluss, 1938 and her return to Eretz Israel Illegal immigration to Eretz Israel via Turkey with her brother and his family, with the help of aliya activists in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, 1934; travel to Vienna for treatment of malaria, 1938. Stay in Vienna during the Anschluss; return to Eretz Israel via Yugoslavia and Piraeus.

File Number : 10284

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dr. Leo Landau, born in Przemysl, Poland, 1891, regarding his experiences in Vienna

Testimony of Dr. Leo Landau, born in Przemysl, Poland, 1891, regarding his experiences in Vienna - Jewish political parties; separation of the Polish Jews from the Hungarian majority, 1890; anti-Zionist attitude among the Polish Jewish community; election of Dr. Landau to the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien(IKG-Vienna Jewish Community) board, 1928; struggles of Dr. Joseph Loewenherz in his capacity as the Amtsdirektor (Office Director); organization of the Jewish community in Vienna and its different departments; help and relief for refugees from Germany, 1933-1938; - SA visit to the synagogue, summons...

File Number : 244

Type of Material : Testimony, Photograph, Letter(s), Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Research regarding the political history of Austria during the Schuschnigg period, conducted in 1939

Research regarding the political history of Austria during the Schuschnigg period, conducted in 1939 See also Sapir Items 11025657, 11025479 and 11030241.

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Type of Material : Study

Language : German

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