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20th Century German History Online
Daily Reports of the Gestapo Headquarters
in Vienna 1938-1945in Vienna 1938-1945
Edited by Brigitte Bailer and Wolfgang Form
20th Century German History Online
Online series offering documents for researching German contemporary
history
First publication covering the period 1933 – 1945:National Socialism, Holocaust, Resistance and Exile 1933-1945
Second publication offering so far unpublished materials regarding the history
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Second publication offering so far unpublished materials regarding the history
of Austria during the „Third Reich“:
Daily Reports of the Gestapo Headquarters in Vienna 1938-1945
Further databases in this series will follow.
The fundament for the databases are the K. G. Saur Research Collections (microfiche editions, book editions), licensed materials, so far unpublished
sources.
Daily Reports of the Gestapo Headquarters in Vienna 1938-1945
Edited in cooperation with the „Dokumentationsarchiv des
Österreichischen Widerstands / Documentation Centre of
Austrian Resistance (DÖW)“ Vienna
and the „Forschungs- und Dokumentationszentrum
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and the „Forschungs- und Dokumentationszentrum
Kriegsverbrecherprozesse / International Centre for the
Research and Documentation of War Crimes Trials (ICWC)“ at
the Philipps-Universität Marburg
Daily Reports of the Gestapo Headquarters in Vienna 1938-1945
Starting from 1934 all Gestapoleitstellen (Gestapo Headquarters) in the
German Reich had to send daily reports to the head office in Berlin.
The reports should give information about the mood, the political situation
and the security measures.
Starting from 1938 this rule applied also to the incorporated Austria:
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Starting from 1938 this rule applied also to the incorporated Austria:
- The first transmitted daily report from the Gestapo Headquarter is dated
2. September 1938.
- Till the end of Nazi Germany 820 reports were send from Vienna to the
head office in Berlin.
Content of the database
The database offers:
- Approx. 750 daily reports of the Gestapo Headquarter in Vienna
(about 80 reports are considered to be lost)
- Totalling approx. 6.000 digitized pages
- Information about more then 17.000 men and women arrested or
observed by the Gestapo
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observed by the Gestapo
Content of the database
The reports are structured in the following categories
(Persecution background of the arrested persons):
Labour movement
Protestant Church
Border issues
Individual resistance activity
• NSDAP and the divisions
• Press
• Roman-Catholic Church
• Repatriates from Russia
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Individual resistance activity
Denominations
Jewish men and women
Prisoners of war and civilian forced
labourers
Catholic-conservative faction
• Repatriates from Russia
• Sabotage
• Spain
• Matters of economy
Examples of content of the daily reports
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Examples of content of the daily reports
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Features of the database
Usage of the database separately or in combination with the
database National Socialism, Holocaust, Resistance and Exile
1933-1945 (if also subscribed or purchased).
Scientific introductions to the history of the Gestapo and the
Gestapo headquarters in Vienna.
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Linking from approx 3.900 persons mentioned in the daily reports
to the collection Nicht mehr anonym (not anonymous anymore)
with photos from the register of fingerprinted and photographed
persons of the Gestapo in Vienna hosted by the DÖW Vienna.
Functionalities of the database
- Basic search
- Advanced search offering the possibility to combine different
search criteria
- Index lists
- Print functionality, sending index entries by email and saving
documents as PDF
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documents as PDF
- Possibility to create list with selected articles
- SaveURL: Search results can be saved and so also transmitted
with a persistent URL
More information
Please contact us with any questions you might have regarding Daily Reports of the Gestapo Headquarters in Vienna 1938-1945:
De GruyterGenthiner Strasse 13D-10785 Berlin / GermanyTel: +49 30 260 05-0
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Additional information about the series 20th Century German History Online can
be found under http://www.degruyter.de/cont/glob/neutralRei.cfm?rc=36378
Tel: +49 30 260 05-0Fax: +49 30 260 05-251E-Mail: [email protected]
