Overview
- Description
- Correspondence of Reichskommissar für die Wiedervereiningung Österreichs mit dem Deutschen Reich 'Reich Commissioner for Reunification of Austria with the German Reich' (Josef Bürckel (1895-1944)) with authorities and individuals regarding aryanization and expropriation of Jewish property and assets, racial laws, police, cultural matters, finances, propaganda and media.
- Alternate Title
- Reich Commissioner for the Reunification of Austria with the German Reich : Correspondence-Josef Bürckel
- Date
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inclusive:
1938-1940
- Collection Creator
- Reichskommissar für die Wiedervereinigung Österreichs mit dem Deutschen Reich.
- Biography
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On March 13, 1938, Reich Chancellor and Führer Adolf Hitler appointed Josef Bürckel as the Gauleiter (Nazi Governor) of Nazi-annexed Austria. By Hitler's special decree of April 23, 1938, Bürckel was also appointed the Reich Commissioner for the Reunification of Austria with the German Reich (Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 407/1938). The Reich Commissioner was responsible for the transition and integration of Austria's state administrative functions into the larger German Reich. The position existed until March 31, 1940 when it was disbanded through Hitler's special decree of March 15, 1940 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 539/1940).
- Reference
- Dohmen, Herbert, and Nina Scholz. Denunziert: Jeder tut mit. Jeder dekt nach. Jeder meldet. Vienna: Czernin Verlag, 2003. (KJC9520 .D65 2003)
Amtliches Nachrichtenblatt des Reichskommissars für die Wiedervereinigung Österreichs mit dem Deutschen Reich. Jg. 1938-1939. Berlin 1938-1939 [RD 210/2].
Inventar archivalischer Quellen des NS-Staates, hrsg. von Heinz Boberach, München 1995, Teil 2, S. 3 f.
Paul, Gerhard. Josef Bürckel. Der rote Gauleiter. In: Smelser Ronald, Syring Enrico, Zitelmann Rainer (Hg.): Die Braune Elite II (Darmstadt 1993), S. 51-66
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Extent
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138 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in one series: 1. Correspondence, 1938-1940; and subject sub-series organized chronologically. Note: The microfilm reels # 1-6 are missing. The collection starts with microfilm reel #7.
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.
- Copyright Holder
- Österreichisches Staatsarchiv
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Austria. Jewish property--Austria History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Austria. Antisemitism--Europe--History--20th century. Political parties--Germany--History--20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria.
- Geographic Name
- Austria--Politics and government--1933-1945. Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Personal Name
- Bürckel, Josef, 1895-1944.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Österreichisches Staatsarchiv
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv (Austrian State Archives), Sign. AT-OeStA/AdR ZNsZ RK: Korrespondenz-Josef Bürckel. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in April 2018.
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- 2023-08-25 08:23:47
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