Austria -- Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State (RG 84) [CIVILIAN AGENCY RECORDS -- Department of State and Foreign Affairs Records]


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Austria was incorporated into the Third Reich in March 1938. After the war an Allied Control Council was established for Austria. On December 15, 1945, the Allies recognized a new Austrian Government. On June 28, 1946, new control machinery was established for Austria by the Allies. {Note 1} Austria regained its independence on May 15, 1955.

Records of the U.S. Legation/Consul, Vienna, Austria

General Records 1936-1941(Entry 2050)
   
                Boxes 1-75 location: 350/49/2/02

Records of POLAD & USCOA, Vienna, Austria

General Records 1945-1952 (Entry 2054)

        Boxes 1-134 location: 350/49/4/01
        1945
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        12  710  Restitution location: 350/49/4/03
        14  711.5  Displaced Persons
                        711.6  War Criminals location: 350/49/4/03
        19  840.1  Jews
            840.3  Looted Works of Art
            840.4  Holy Hand of St. Stephen [Hungary]
            841.4  Austrian Archives
            841.4  Yugoslavian Records location: 350/49/4/04
        20  848  Relief
            850.6  Austrian Insurance Firms location: 350/49/4/04
            851  Safehaven-General
            851  Safehaven-Art Collections in Germany and Austria
            851  Safehaven-"Bafinag"
            851  Safehaven-Geipel [Family]
            851  Safehaven-Hans Jacob Vonbaeyer
            851  Safehaven-Hungarian Textiles
            851  Safehaven-Manfred Weiss
            851  Safehaven-Oktay Brothers [of Istanbul, Turkey]
            851.6  Banks and Banking
            851.6  Austrian Banks
            851.6  Hungarian National Bank
            854  Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights location: 350/49/4/04
        22  863.4  Buried Gold Bars found in Austria location: 350/49/4/04
        1946
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        52  710  Restitution location: 350/49/5/01
        53  711.5  Displaced Persons location: 350/49/5/01
        54  711.6  War Crimes and War Criminals location: 350/49/5/02
        58  840.1  Jewish Refugees
            840.1  Jews
            840.1  Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
            840.3  Looted Art
            841.4  Austrian Foreign Office Records
            841.4  Archives-Speleologisches Institur of Vienna
            841.4  Austrian Archives in Czechoslovakia
            841.4  Germany Military Government Files in France
            841.4  Yugoslavian General Staff Records location: 350/49/5/02
        59  848  Relief
        60  850.6  Austrian Insurance Firms
            851  Financial Conditions
            851  Blocked Assets
            851  Safehaven-General
            851  Safehaven-"Aceros Boehler"
            851  Safehaven-"Aceros Finos Phoenix"
            851  Safehaven-"Bafinag" Bau-Finanzierunge A.G.
            851  Safehaven-Borner, MME
            851  Safehaven-Dr. Kurt Habicht
            851  Safehaven-Koreska, W.
            851  Safehaven-Neal, Even Virgil
            851  Safehaven-Pacetti, Antoine
            851  Safehaven-Societe Sanka Brucke A.G.
location: 350/49/5/02
        61  851.6  Banks and Banking
            851.6  Austrian National Bank and Securities in Vienna
            851.6  Creditanstalt-Bankverein
            851.6  Hungarian Bank Gold
            851.6  Lander Bank
            854  Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
            863.4  Gold Impounded in Austria
            863.4  Heraeus, W.C. location: 350/49/5/03
        1947
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        83  710  Restitution, Claims, Assets (8 folders)
            710  Restitution Program in Austria
            710  German Assets location: 350/49/5/06
        84  711.5  Displaced Persons (2 folders)
            711.5  Displaced Persons-Jews
            711.6  War Criminals-Bulgaria
            711.6  War Criminals-France
            711.6  War Criminals-Austria
            711.6  War Criminals-Yugoslavia
            711.6  War Criminals-Switzerland
            711.6  War Criminals-General location: 350/49/5/06
        87  840.3  Restitution of Looted French Art Objects
            841.4  Austrian State Archives location: 350/49/5/07
        88  848  Relief (8 folders)
            850.6  Insurance location: 350/49/5/07
        89  851  Financial Conditions (2 folders)
            851.6  Banks and Banking
            854  Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights location: 350/49/5/07
        1948
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        102  710  German Assets (2 folders)
            710  Hungarian Assets, Claims, and Restitution
            710  Italian Assets, Claims, and Restitution
            710  Netherlands Assets, Claims, and Restitution
            710  Poland Assets, Claims, and Restitution
            710  Rumanian Assets, Claims, and Restitution
            710  Yugoslavian Assets, Claims, and Restitution
            711.3  Trading With Enemy
            711.5  Displaced Persons (6 folders)
            711.5  International Refugee Organization (2 folders)
            711.6  War Criminals (2 folders) location: 350/49/6/02
        105  840.1  Jews
            848  Relief (8 folders) location: 350/49/6/02
        106  850.6  Insurance
            851/710  Hungarian Gold Train
            851  Hungarian Gold Train
            851  Tripartite Gold Commission
            851  Gold location: 350/49/6/03
        107  851.6  Banks and Banking
            851.6  Austrian National Bank location: 350/49/6/03
        1949
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        110  321.3  Frozen Funds
            321.6  War Criminals location: 350/49/6/03
        114  510.1  Jews location: 350/49/6/04
        1950-1952
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        119  321.6  War Criminals (2 folders) location: 350/49/6/04

Supplemental General Records 1945-1946 (Entry 2055)

        Boxes 1-2 location: 350/49/6/07

Classified General 1945-1955 (Entry 2056)

        Boxes 1-105 location: 350/49/6/07
        1945-1946
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        1-3  Various  Various
        1947
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        4-5  711.5  Displaced Persons location: 350/49/7/01
        5  711.6  War Criminals (6 folders) location: 350/49/7/01
        9  Unlabeled  Potsdam-German Assets 1946 (2 folders)
location: 350/49/7/01
        11  840.1  Jews location: 350/49/7/01
        11-12  848  Relief location: 350/49/7/01
        12  850.3  Capital
            851  Non-Monetary Gold location: 350/49/7/02
        13  851  Safehaven
            851  Financial Conditions
            851.7  Exchange location: 350/49/7/02
        1948
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        19  Unlabeled  Summary Report on Claims and Restitution as of June 30,  1948
            710  German External Assets (7 folders)
            711.5  Jews-Palestine
            711.5  Displaced Persons (2 folders)
            711.5  International Refugee Organization
            711.6  War Crimes and War Criminals (2 folders)
location: 350/49/7/03
        24  840.3  Unlabeled-Disposition of a Goya Miniature of Disputed  Ownership location: 350/49/7/03
        25  848  International Refugee Organization
            848  Relief (3 folders) location: 350/49/7/03
        26-27  851  Financial Conditions location: 350/49/7/04
        1949
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        31  321.3  IARA
            321.3  Restitution
            321.3  Claims-Restitution
            321.6  War Criminals location: 350/49/7/04
        1950-1952
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        45  321.3  Austrian Blocked Assets in U.S. location: 350/49/7/06

Top Secret Telegrams Sent and Received 1945-1948 (Entry 2058)

        Box 1  location: 350/49/9/02

Top Secret USFA Cables 1947-1948 (Entry 2059)

        Box 1  location: 350/49/9/02

Records of POLAD & High Commissioner USCOA, Vienna, Austria
           
Top Secret General Records 1945-1952 (Entry 2057)

        Boxes 1-7 location: 350/49/9/01

Records of the U.S. Element of the Allied Commission for Austria

General Records 1945-1951 (Entry 2062)

        Arranged alphabetically by subject and thereunder chronologically.  Includes abstract sheets for the documents in each folder.
        Boxes 1-52 location: 350/49/9/03

        Box #  File Title or Subject  location:
        1  Assets Abroad 
            Assets, German  350/49/9/03
        4  Banking and Loans  350/49/9/04
        20-26  Government Laws  350/49/9/06
        42-43  Restitution  350/49/10/03
           
Austria Basic Handbook 1945 (Entry 2063)

        Box 1  location: 350/49/10/04

Austrian Military Government Handbook (Entry 2065)

        Box 1  location: 350/49/10/04

Index to Subjects 1945-1953 (Entry 2066)

        Box 1  location: 350/49/10/04

Handbook on Allied Commission 1949 (Entry 2067)

        Box 1  location: 350/49/10/04

Agenda of the Meetings of the Allied Council 1945-1955 (Entry 2069)

        Box 1  location: 350/49/10/04

Minutes of the Meetings of the Allied Council 1945-1955 (Entry 2070)

        Boxes 1-4 location: 350/49/10/04

Papers of the Allied Council 1945-1955 (Entry 2071)

        Boxes 1-4 location: 350/49/11/03

Proceedings of the Allied Council 1945-1955 (Entry 2072)

        Boxes 1-36 location: 350/49/10/05

Reports of the U.S. High Commissioner 1945, 1947-1955 (Entry 2082)

        Boxes 1-5 location: 350/49/13/01

Records of the Inter-Allied Command Files, U.S. Element

General Records 1945-1955 (Entry 2092J)

        Boxes 1-57 location: 350/49/15/04
        Box 42 location: 350/B/9/06

Refiles 1945-1955 (Entry 2092K)

        Boxes 1-3 location: 350/49/15/03
 


Footnotes

{1}Return to text Department of State Bulletin, July 28, 1946, pp. 175-178.


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