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| Name: | Arbeitskreis für Heimat-, Denkmal- und Geschichtspflege |
| Translated Name: | Working Group for the Study of Hometown Memorials and History |
| Affiliation: | |
| ADDRESS: | Sperlhang 2
Sankt Georgen an der Gusen A-4222 |
| COUNTRY: | Austria |
| TELEPHONE NUMBER: | +(43-7237) 39-46 |
| FAX: | +(43-7237) 39-46 |
| EMAIL: | hannes.gammer@vpn.at
hannes.gammer@vpn.at
http://linz.orf.at/orf/gusen/pf/ahdg.htm |
| WEBSITE: | http://www.gusen.org/pf/ahdg.htm |
| OPERATING HOURS: | By appointment only. (Please arrange several weeks in advance by fax or e-mail). Access upon request. |
| CONTACT PERSON(S): | Primary Contact:
Ms. Martha Gammer, President
Phone: +(43-7237) 39-46
Email: hannes.gammer@vpn.at
Primary Contact:
Mr. Rudolf A. Haunschmied, Vice-President & International Coordinator
Phone: +(43-7229) 76-01
Email: rahd@magnet.at
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: | The Arbeitskreis fuer Heimat-, Denkmal- und Geschichtspflege "Heimatpflege-Verein" (AHDG) is a small association sponsored by the local rural community. The prime aim of this association is dedicated to the research, preservation and promotion of the local heritage of the people in this region.
Most of their work is accomplished by local non-professionals. In addition to collecting oral histories, the AHDG work on the commemoration of the approximately 40,000 Jewish and political prisoner victims from Europe subjected to hard labor between 1940 and 1945 at the Gusen I, II, and II concentration camp complex at Sankt Georgen & Gusen, Austria. |
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| OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION: | The AHDG collects testimonies to give proof of the existence of the KZ Gusen 1, 2, and 3 concentration camps which were situated in this region, and to provide a basis for research. |
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| Collect Holocaust Oral Histories: | Yes. |
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| Interview Guidelines: | Information Not Available. |
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| Additional Information: | Most interviews are not audio or video taped. They are written by "mindmaps". |
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| Project Complete: | Yes. |
| Year of First Interview: | 1986 |
| Year of Last Interview: | 1997 |
| Interviews Per Year: | 2 |
| Average Hours Per Interview: | 3 |
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| RECORDING METHOD | |
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| Audio: | Yes. |
| Number of Audio Hours: | Information Not Available. |
| Total Number of Audio Interviews: | 3 |
| Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews: | N/A |
| Number of Audiocassette Interviews: | 3 |
| Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats: | Information Not Available. |
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| Video: | Yes. |
| Number of Video Hours: | 2 |
| Total Number of Video Interviews: | 4 |
| Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews: | N/A |
| Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews: | N/A |
| Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews: | 4 |
| Number of Film interviews: | N/A |
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| RULES: | |
| Access to Collection: | Restricted. Information Not Available. |
| Special Requirements for Access or Use: | Yes. |
| Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility: | Yes, several weeks in advance. |
| Access Fee: | Information Not Available. |
| Research Services: | No. |
| Research Fee: | N/A |
| Research Services Requirements: | N/A |
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| Permission Required for Use of Material in | |
| Publications: | No. |
| Classrooms: | No. |
| Public Lectures: | No. |
| Documentaries: | No. |
| How To Obtain permission: | N/A |
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| RESOURCES | |
| Format of Collection | |
| Video/Audio: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| On-Site Equipment | |
| Audio: | No. |
| Video: | No. |
| Users Can Bring Their Own: | Yes. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Finding Aids | |
| Guide to Collection Available: | No. |
| Published: | N/A |
| Guide Cost: | N/A |
| Address to Obtain Guide: | N/A |
| Additional Information: | N/A |
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| Transcripts | |
| Audio: | No. |
| Video: | No. |
| Available for photocopying: | No. |
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| Summaries | |
| Summarized: | Yes. |
| Available for Photocopying: | Yes. |
| Available on Disk: | No. |
| Other: | "See Principle Subject" on KZ Gusen oral history list. |
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| Indices | |
| Tapes Indexed: | No. |
| Transcripts Indexed: | No. |
| Summaries Indexed: | No. |
| Indices Available for Photocopying: | No. |
| Indices Available on Disk: | No. |
| Other: | N/A |
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| Cataloging Information | |
| Collection Cataloged: | No. |
| Available on Computer: | N/A |
| Other: | No. |
| MARC Format: | No. |
| MARC Format Type: | N/A |
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| Internet Resources | |
| Web Address: | http://www.gusen.org/pf/ahdg.htm |
| Transcripts: | No. |
| Summaries: | No. |
| Catalog: | No. |
| Indices: | No. |
| Interview Clips: | No. |
| Other: | General information about the KZ Gusen camps. |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Bibliographic Information | |
| Belong to: | No. |
| OCLC: | N/A |
| RLIN: | N/A |
| Other: | N/A |
| Plan to Join: | Information Not Available. |
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| Loan or Purchase | |
| Material Available Through Interlibrary Loan: | No. |
| Loan by other collection: | No. |
| Loan Fee: | N/A |
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| DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT | |
| Demographic Information about Interviewees: | |
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| Total Number: | 41 |
| Total Female: | 4 |
| Total Male: | 37 |
| No Data: | Information Not Available. |
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Female |
Male |
Total |
Other Information |
| Jews: | | | 50 | Interview transcripts of 1945; number is 50 (Hungarian Jews). |
| Roma and/or Sinti: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Political Prisoners: | 0 | 26 | 26 | Yes. |
| Prisoners of War: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Homosexual Men/Lesbian Women: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Resisters: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Partisans: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Rescuers: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Refugees: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Liberators: | 0 | 5 | 5 | Yes. |
| Prosecutors: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Perpetrators/ Collaborators: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Refugee Relief Workers: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | 3 | 8 | 11 | Eyewitnesses of local population (native Austrian). |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Focus of Collection: | |
| Ghetto(s) | | |
| Camp(s) |  | KL Gusen I, II and III. |
| Geographic Area(s) | | St. Georgen, Gusen, Langenstein, and Mauthausen, Austria. |
| Experience(s) | | Situation of the local population living around the camps. |
| Survivor Group(s) | | Survivors of KZ Mauthausen-Gusen I, II, III and eyewitnesses from the local population. |
| Other | | |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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