A letter to the stars : Datenbank Ermordete. [Internet resource] (ID: 33289)
Authorship or Source:
- Verein Lernen aus der Zeitgeschichte.
- A Letter to the Stars.
- Anthony, Elizabeth.
- Kuba, Andreas.
- Neumayr, Josef.
- Priller, Markus.
Year:
[2006?]
Title or Main Description:
A letter to the stars : Datenbank Ermordete. [Internet resource]
Description:
- HTML documents ; ill., tabs., ports.
- Number of Names or Other Entries-- 62,553 Names.
Type of Work:
HTML documents linking to searchable databases.
Alternate or Series Title:
- Info Datenbank Ermordete.
- Die Liste der Ermordeten.
- Liste de Opfer.
Provenance:
Part of the Holocaust memorial project "A Letter To The Stars - Flowers of Remembrance" (aka: "A Letter To The Stars - Blumen der Erinnerung") by the organization Verein Lernen aus der Zeitgeschichte (Contact: Modecenterstraße 22, B2/ 7.Stock, A-1030 Wien, AUSTRIA; Tel.: 01-7983955-0; Fax: 01-7983955-50; Email: historiker@lettertothestars.at ; Website: http://www.lettertothestars.at).
Keywords:
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --Registers of dead --Austria --Vienna.
- Holocaust survivors --Austria --Vienna --Registers.
- Jews --Austria --Vienna --Directories.
- Refugees, Jewish --Austria --Vienna --Registers of dead.
- World War, 1939-1945 --Deporations from Austria --Vienna --Registers.
- A Letter to the Stars (Vienna, Austria)
- Vienna (Austria) --Registers.
- Vienna (Austria) --Directories.
- [Additional Geographic Keywords: Wien]
Abstract:
- An online searchable register of 62,553 names of those who perished in the Holocaust from Vienna, Austria. Entries typically include name, birth place, birth date, street address of pre-War residence, last known address, place and date of deportation and/or death, and frequently additional research notes concerning the individual, his or her fate, surviving relatives, etc.
- This "Letter to the Stars" project website also includes a list of Holocaust survivors ("Info Datenbank Überlebende" and its "Liste der Letzten Zeugen") at http://www.lettertothestars.at/ltts07/botschafter_liste.php who originally hailed from Vienna, albeit showing only the first letter of each surname for privacy purposes.
Language and Other Notes:
- Text chiefly in German.
- Last Accessed: 30 January 2007.
- According to the website's "Impressum" page at http://www.lettertothestars.at/page_id_44.html, one member of the project team that created this useful website is the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Department of Survivor Affairs' former Project Coordinator, Ms. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Anthony.