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Abstract
After the end of mass deportations in Austria in October of 1942, the
Jewish Community in Vienna was officially dissolved by Nazi authorities and reorganized
as the so-called Council of Elders, who was put in charge of all remaining
people defined as Jewish by Nazi racial laws, independent of their denomination.
The majority of the people left behind were protected from
deportation because they were members of an intermarried family with a non-
Jewish spouse or parent. A small fragment of the Jewish population was able
to remain in Vienna as employees of the Council, working as doctors, nurses,
cooks, caregivers, cleaning staff, or clerical workers in the remaining institutions
of the former Jewish Community. In addition, a tiny fraction of the remaining
Jewish population was protected by foreign citizenship. The protection of this
heterogeneous group was often temporary, since diplomatic considerations regarding
foreign citizenship were subject to changes and the number of Council
employees was continuously reduced by orders of the authorities. This article focuses
on the deportations of previously protected groups from Vienna’s Nordbahnhof
– until recently a largely unknown site of deportations.
Jewish Community in Vienna was officially dissolved by Nazi authorities and reorganized
as the so-called Council of Elders, who was put in charge of all remaining
people defined as Jewish by Nazi racial laws, independent of their denomination.
The majority of the people left behind were protected from
deportation because they were members of an intermarried family with a non-
Jewish spouse or parent. A small fragment of the Jewish population was able
to remain in Vienna as employees of the Council, working as doctors, nurses,
cooks, caregivers, cleaning staff, or clerical workers in the remaining institutions
of the former Jewish Community. In addition, a tiny fraction of the remaining
Jewish population was protected by foreign citizenship. The protection of this
heterogeneous group was often temporary, since diplomatic considerations regarding
foreign citizenship were subject to changes and the number of Council
employees was continuously reduced by orders of the authorities. This article focuses
on the deportations of previously protected groups from Vienna’s Nordbahnhof
– until recently a largely unknown site of deportations.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Deportations in the Nazi Era |
Subtitle of host publication | Sources and Research |
Place of Publication | Berlin |
Publisher | De Gruyter |
Pages | 275-296 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783110746464 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783110742305 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 5 Dec 2022 |
Publication series
Series | Arolsen research series |
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Volume | 2 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 601022 Contemporary history
- 601016 Austrian history
Keywords
- Holocaust Studies, Jewish Studies, Zeitgeschichte, Österreichische Geschichte, Microhistory
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Everday life and persecution of "half_jewish" women and men in Vienna, 1938-1945
Raggam-Blesch, M. & Rathkolb, O.
1/07/17 → 31/08/20
Project: Research funding
Activities
- 3 Talk or oral contribution
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Deportationen vom Wiener Nordbahnhof
Michaela Raggam-Blesch (Speaker)
16 Jan 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
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Precarious Survival – Everyday Life of «Mixed Families» During the Nazi Regime in Vienna
Michaela Raggam-Blesch (Speaker)
22 Feb 2022Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
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Everyday Life and Persecution of «Mixed Families» in Vienna, 1938-1945
Michaela Raggam-Blesch (Speaker)
6 Jan 2022Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Press/Media
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Fast vergessener Schreckensort: Deportationen vom Wiener Nordbahnhof 1943 bis 1945
Michaela Raggam-Blesch
7/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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„DER NORDBAHNHOF WAR DER DIREKTE LINK ZWISCHEN WIEN UND AUSCHWITZ“
Michaela Raggam-Blesch
7/05/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Research output
- 1 Brochure
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Remembering Nordbahnhof: Historical Research Report
Raggam-Blesch, M. & Hecht, D. J., Jun 2019Publications: Other publication › Brochure