Overview
- Description
- Contains documents pertaining to the systematic expropriation of Sigmund Freud's sisters' assets by the Nazis, including the plundering of a trust fund set up for the sisters' benefit by their brother, Alexander Freud. Also includes documents from the 1960's and 70's related to a restitution effort.
- Date
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inclusive:
1938-1972
bulk: 1938-1942
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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3,746 digital images : JPEG ; 1.26 GB.
2 CD-ROMs ; 4 3/4 in..
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Publication of original documents (incl. on the Internet/World Wide Web), reproduction of documents for commercial use, the making of duplicate films and/or CDs for third parties require the written permission of the Sigmund Freud Museum.
- Copyright Holder
- Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna, Austria)
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Austria. World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Austria. Jews--Intellectual life--History. Jewish property--Austria. War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria. Jews--Austria--History--20th century. Psychoanalysts--Austria. Jews--Austria--History. National socialism--Austria--History.
- Personal Name
- Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939--Friends and associates.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna, Austria)
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Sigmund Freud Museum Wien via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Program Division in April 2005.
- Special Collection
-
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-05-24 13:46:43
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516919
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- Terms of Use
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