Overview
- Description
- Contains records from the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv (Austrian State Archives) located in Vienna, Austria, pertaining to the Austrian Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Most of the records are NSDAP files relating to persons, organizations, and institutions in South America with Nazi associations or connections. Also includes information on anti-Austrian and anti-Nazi activities abroad, the Vaterländische Front, propaganda, and expulsions.
- Date
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inclusive:
1925-1938
- Reference
- Manfred Fink (editor), Das Archiv der Republik und seine Bestände – Teil 1: Das Archivgut der 1. Republik und aus der Zeit von 1938 bis 1945. Series: Informationen des Archivs der Republik, Band 4/1. Wien: Österreichisches Staatsarchiv / Horn:
Ferdinand Berger & Söhne Ges.m.b.H., 1996
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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11,309 digital images : JPEG ; 7.16 GB.
10 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is chronological.
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. User declarations must be forwarded by USHMM once a year to Austrian State Archives.
- Conditions on Use
- Use of archival material from the Austrian State Archives is limited to personal or scholarly research or for research about the applicant’s family members. Transfer of the reproduced archival material to third persons is not permitted. Publication of archival material requires the written permission of the Austrian State Archives. The researcher agrees to cite the original archival reference and name of the source archive in any work and publications, personal data are to be published in anonymized form only, a copy of any publication in which archival material from the Austrian State Archives was used shall be sent to the Austrian State Archives free of charge.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- National socialism and justice--South America.
- Geographic Name
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--History--20th century.
- Corporate Name
- Nazi Party
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Österreichisches Staatsarchiv
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Records from the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv (Austrian State Archives). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Austrian State Archives, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in September 2007.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-01 09:08:47
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn34801
Additional Resources
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- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
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