Hungarian Jews in Wels, Austria / submitted by the World Jewish Congress, New York, N.Y., September 18, 1945. (ID: 31587)
Authorship or Source:
World Jewish Congress Collection.
Year:
1945
Title or Main Description:
Hungarian Jews in Wels, Austria / submitted by the World Jewish Congress, New York, N.Y., September 18, 1945.
Place Published or Holding Institution:
World Jewish Congress
Description:
- 9 pages
- Number of Names or Other Entries-- Approx. 400 Names.
Date:
September 18, 1945
Alternate or Series Title:
List of former concentration camp prisoners buried at Wels, Austria, in 1945 mss.
Museum or Other Institution Holdings:
Survivors Registry Collection [photocopy]: Document File AD0254 [attached to 'List of former concentration camp prisoners buried at Wels, Austria, in 1945 MSS.'].
Provenance:
- Found attached to Registry photocopy of 'List of former concentration camp prisoners buried in Wels, Austria, in 1945 mss.' (Registry File #AD0254 ; USHMM Archives RG-17.001*01), although not mentioned in the USHMM Archives catalog record of same. See Provenance Note for 'List of former concentration camp prisoners buried at Wels, Austria, in 1945 mss. (Registry File #AD0254) for fuller details on how the Registry came by this list.
- Registry copy of the six page name list attachment, 'Hungarian Jews in Wels, Austria...' is preceded by a three page text describing the 'World Jewish Congress Collection, (1918[?]-1982); Series D. Relief and Rescue Departments, Sub-series 3. RELIEF - Location Service; Location Lists, 1938-1947'. Page six of the name list includes typewitten notation at bottom left, '449- 9/18/45-125 CF: bog LIST 8123',
- The approximately 700 name lists that comprise this microfilm collection of World Jewish Congress records held by the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnatti, Ohio (Website: http://www.americanjewisharchives.org) were identified by former Director of the Registry of Holocaust Survivors, Ms. Sarah Ogilvie. The microfilm was purchased by the Registry of Holocaust Survivors from the American Jewish Archives, and then transferred to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Collections in 1997.
Keywords:
- Holocaust survivors --Austria --Wels --Registers.
- Wels II (Concentration camp) --Registers.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --Austria --Wels.
- Jews, Hungarian --Austria --Wels --Registers.
Abstract:
- Six page listing of Hungarian Jewish survivors in Wels, Austria in September 1945.
- Prefaced by three page description 'World Jewish Congress Collection, (1918[?]-1982); Series D. Relief and Rescue Departments, Subseries 3. RELIEF - Location Service.
- Alphabetical list includes last name, first name, date of birth and place of birth (sometimes with city district and/or street address).
Language and Other Notes:
Text in English.
Resource Center Cataloging Notes:
Former Q&A Name Lists Database File Number-- AD0255