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Copy letter from World War Two Austrian soldier


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1260

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Copy letter from World War Two Austrian soldier

Date(s): 1939-1945

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

This World War Two Austrian soldier's letter, amongst other things, describes the systematic murder carried out by the Wehrmacht in Poland, and in particular the murder of civilians by the author's unit. The author also mentions the murder of a number of their own officers by the rank and file and includes an English translation.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German

System of arrangement:

Original order.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Jewish Central Information Office

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: February 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
Homicide | Crime
Letter writing | Writing | Communication skills | Communication process
Occupied territories | Humanitarian law
War | International conflicts
War crimes | Humanitarian law
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Military organizations

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Poland | Eastern Europe