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- 1947-1970 (Creation)
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1 file
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This collection contains papers relating to Hans Schwarz, founder of the organisation Komitee Ehemaliger Politischer Gefangener, and general secretary of its successor, Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes.
Hans Schwarz was born in Vienna in 1904. He had already been imprisoned well before 1933 along with Bruno Kreisky and other Austrian Marxists. He was a political prisoner in Dachau from 1934-1944 and from October 1944 to April 1945 in Neuengamme. A committed opponent of the Nazis, he was a member of illegal prisoner organisations in both concentration camps. He died in 1970.
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GB 1556 WL 1555 1947-1970 collection 1 file Forschungsstelle fuer Zeitgeschichte in Hamburg
This collection contains papers relating to Hans Schwarz, founder of the organisation Komitee Ehemaliger Politischer Gefangener, and general secretary of its successor, Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes.
Hans Schwarz was born in Vienna in 1904. He had already been imprisoned well before 1933 along with Bruno Kreisky and other Austrian Marxists. He was a political prisoner in Dachau from 1934-1944 and from October 1944 to April 1945 in Neuengamme. A committed opponent of the Nazis, he was a member of illegal prisoner organisations in both concentration camps. He died in 1970.
Forschungsstelle fuer Zeitgeschichte in Hamburg.
Papers of Hans Schwarz, 1947-1970, comprises copies of a catalogue of the Hans Schwarz Archiv; annual report of the Komitee Ehemaliger Politischer Gefangener and obituaries of Hans Schwarz.
Arranged in chronological order.
Open
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
German
A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
Forschungsstelle fuer Zeitgeschichte in Hamburg.
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
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.
March 2008 Anti-fascist movements Catalogues Civil and political rights Documents European history German history Human rights Information sources National history Nazism Obituaries Political doctrines Political movements Political prisoners Protest movements Schwarz , Hans , d 1970 Secondary documents Third Reich Totalitarianism
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Forschungsstelle fuer Zeitgeschichte in Hamburg.
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Papers of Hans Schwarz, 1947-1970, comprises copies of a catalogue of the Hans Schwarz Archiv; annual report of the Komitee Ehemaliger Politischer Gefangener and obituaries of Hans Schwarz.
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Arranged in chronological order.
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Open
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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
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- English
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- Latin
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German
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A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
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- Secondary documents » Catalogues
- Civil and political rights
- Documents
- National history » European history
- Human rights
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- National history
- Political doctrines » Totalitarianism » Nazism
- Political doctrines
- Political movements
- Civil and political rights » Political prisoners
- Political movements » Protest movements
- Secondary documents
- Political doctrines » Totalitarianism
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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.
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- English