Overview
- Description
- Contains records relating to Albert Mülli's years of imprisonment as a political prisoner of the Nazis.
- Alternate Title
- Estate of Albert Mülli
- Date
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inclusive:
1938-1997
- Collection Creator
- Albert Mülli
- Biography
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Mülli, Albert (February 11, 1916 - April 12, 1997). Born in Zürich-Aussersihl; 1931-1934 apprenticeship as heating engineer, followed by a long period of unemployment. Active member of the workers' movement: member of the "Roten Falken" ("Red Falcons") Socialist youth organization; the Socialist youth movement Schweizer Arbeiterjugend (SAJ), group "Viktor Adler;" member of the managing board and president of the Zürcher Metallarbeiterjugend (SMUV); 1934 member of the Socialist Party Zurich (Section Aussersihl). As member of the SAJ active in Nazi resistance activities: 1938 secret courier mission to Vienna; Nov. 1938 arrest in Vienna by the Gestapo; 1938-1940 imprisonment and conviction to three years of prison because of high treason; 1940/41 imprisonment in Stein an der Donau; 1942-1945 despite the intervention of Swiss government agencies political prisoner in Dachau; several transfers including to the external commando "Lebensborn" in Munich; liberation at the end of April 1945 by American troops. May 1945 Return to Zurich; 1946-1981 municipal employee of the City of Zurich; 1963-1967 Kantonsrat (SP) in Zurich und active trade unionist.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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2,317 digital images : JPEG ; 1.35 GB.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Users are required to complete a User Declaration in order to gain access to the collection.
- Conditions on Use
- No publication and copies of the records and finding aids to the 3rd party users without the written permission from the Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ). The Museum may not transfer the materials or duplicate records thereof or any of the finding aids to any third party, except as permitted in the Cooperation Contract, Article II paragraph 5 herein or as otherwise permitted in writing by the AfZ. The Museum may not publish the reproduction material or finding aid on the Internet, World Wide Web, or any publicly accessible on-line network without the written permission of the AfZ. Contact afz@history.gess.ethz.ch.
- Copyright Holder
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte - Archivleitung
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Political prisoners--Germany--History--20th century--Sources. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Switzerland. Youth movements Socialist -- Associations, institutions, etc. Socialist parties.
- Geographic Name
- Switzerland. Germany Zurich (Switzerland)
- Personal Name
- Mülli, Albert, 1916-1997.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte - Archivleitung
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ), Switzerland; The signature: NL Albert Mülli. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Programs in December 2010.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-07-06 11:50:02
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