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Wiener Prozesse wegen NS-Verbrechen

Document | Accession Number: 2004.118 | RG Number: RG-17.003M

The collection consists of proceedings from the Post-World War II trials for Nazi crimes, which were tried by the Landesgericht Wien (State Court of Vienna) and the Volksgericht Wien (People's Court of Vienna).

Alternate Title
Viennese post-war trials of Nazi war crimes
Date
inclusive:  1945-2007
Language
German
Genre/Form
Court records.
Extent
66,647 digital images : JPEG ; 256 GB .
304 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

About This Document

Document Creator
Volksgericht Wien
Landesgericht Wien
System of Arrangement
Arranged in ca. 2000 groups of trials. Each group consists of one trial. Organized by a title of trial and name of defendant. Digital component ogranized chronologically by years 1957-1963 in six digital folders:
1. Year 1956, Trials: 159/56; 221/56; 224/56; 225/56; 248/56; 553/56; 622/56; 623/56; 668/56; 1745/56; 1785/56; 2465/56; 3142/56; 3323/56; 4004/56; 4216/56; 5154/56; 5266/56; 5739/56; 6102/56; 6179/56; 6342/56; 6774/56; 7670/56; 9107/56; 9220/56; 2. Year 1957, Trials: 324/57; 1662/57; 1674/57; 2264/57; 2598/57; 2610/57; 2613/57; 2614/57; 2615/57; 2618/57; 2621/57; 2628/57; 2630/57; 2636/57; 2638/57; 2714/57; 2727/57; 2728/57; 2729/57; 2730/57; 2731/57; 2732/57; 2733/57; 2734/57; 2735/57; 2848/57; 2850/47; 4624/57; 4724/57; 4726/57; 6463/57; 3. Year 1958,Trial: 8760/58; 4. Year 1959, Trials: 2795/59; 8055/59; 5. Year 1960, Trial: 6871/60; 6. Year 1963: Trials: 2156/63; 6442/63.
Reference
Garscha, Winfried. "Organisatoren und Nutznießer des Holocaust, Denunzianten, "Illegale" - Eine erste Auswertung der bisher verfilmten Akten von Wiener Gerichtsverfahren wegen NS-Verbrechen" in Jahrbuch 2001 [annual serial published by the DÖW. Vienna, Austria, 2001]

Andrea Steffek, Susanne Uslu-Pauer. "Das Projekt 'Die Kartei der Wiener Volksgerichtsprozesse 1945-1955'" in Justiz und Erinnerung (formerly "Rundbrief"), No. 3, October 2000 [Newsletter published by Verein zur Förderung justizgeschichtlicher Forschungen and Verein zur Erforschung nationalsozialistischer Gewaltverbrechen und ihrer Aufarbeitung. Vienna, Austria, 2000]

Garscha, Winfried. Kuretsidis-Haider, Claudia. Die Nachkriegsjustiz als nicht-bürokratische Form der Entnazifizierung : österreichische Justizakten im europäischen Vergleich : Überlegungen zum strafprozessualen Entstehungszusammenhang und zu den Verwertungsmöglichkeiten für die historische Forschung. Vienna, Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes. 1995.

Garscha, Winfried. Kuretsidis-Haider, Claudia. Die Verfahren vor dem Volksgericht Wien (1945-1955) als Geschichtsquelle. Vienna, Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes, 1993.

Marschall, Karl. Volksgerichtsbarkeit und Verfolgung von nationalsozialistischen Gewaltverbrechen in Österreich : eine Dokumentation. Vienna, Bundesministerium für Justiz, 1987.

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Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Source of acquisition is the Zentrale österreichische Forschungsstelle Nachkriegsjustiz (FStN) and Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes (DÖW). Original documents were located in the Landesgericht Wien (State Court of Vienna). In 2006 original documents were subsequently transferred from the Landesgericht Wien (State Court of Vienna) to the Wiener Stadt und Landesarchiv (Vienna City and State Archive). The Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv is a current owner of the records. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in Jan. 2004, Sept. 2014, two accretions in 2016, one accretion in May 2017, and Feb. 2021. This is a cooperative project between the FStN and DÖW, Yad Vashem and the USHMM.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Researchers must sign a user declaration, "Besondere Verpflichtungserklärung"
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
 
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