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Entzogene Vermögenschaften

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2003.63 | RG Number: RG-68.027M

Overview

Description: Contains records of Jewish-owned movie theaters in the vicinity of Vienna, Austria, expropriated by the Österreichische Filmvertriebsgesellschaft, later called the Österreichische Filmvertriebsgeschaft; restitution files after World War II; and 178 files of individuals whose personal property was expropriated, including inventories of items, objects, and insurance polices.
Alternate Title: Confiscated property
Date: inclusive: 1938-1953

Physical Details

Language: German
Genre/Form: Registers.
Extent: 2 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.
System of Arrangement: Arrangement is thematic. Yad Vashem numbers: JM/14403-14404. Reel 1, Files on the following movie houses: Weltspiegel, Skala, Apollo, Opern, Tabor, Schweden, and Ostmaerkische Filmtheater Betriebsgesellschaft; Personal files on property expropriated from individuals; Reel 2, Personal files on property expropriated from individuals continued

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Reserchers must sign a user declaration "Besondere Verpflichtungserklaerung".
Conditions on Use: Reserchers may not publish any materials without the express permission of the City Archives, and will adhere to the City Archive's user regulations (Benȕtzugnsordnung fȕr das Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv) and the Vienna archival law (Wiener Archivgesetz) as stipulated in Article III section 3. Requests for reproduction and publication must be directed to the Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv.
Copyright Holder: Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jewish property--Austria. Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)--Austria. Insurance policies--Austria. Jews--Austria--History. Motion picture theaters--Austria--Vienna.
Geographic Name: Austria--Politics and government--1938-1945. Austria--Politics and government--1945-.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Original records are located in the Wiener Stadt-und Landesarchiv, Vienna, Austria. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project exchanged the microfilm with the Yad Vashem Archives in Jerusalem, Israel. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm in Jan. 2003.

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