Records of the U.S. Allied Commission for Austria (USACA) Section of Headquarters, U.S. Forces in Austria (RG 338) [Theaters of Operations Records]

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The U.S. Allied Commission for Austria (USACA) Section was responsible for civil affairs/military government administration. It was organized concurrently with the establishment of Headquarters, United States Forces Austria (HQ USFA), July 5, 1945, as a component of U.S. Forces, European Theater (USFET). The single position of Commanding General USFA and U.S. High Commissioner for Austria was held successively by General Mark Clark, July 5, 1945-May 16, 1947; and Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes, May 17, 1947-September 19, 1950. {Note 1} USACA Section provided the U.S. element of organizations comprising the Allied Commission for Austria, the name of four-power occupation administration established by a U.S., British, French, and Soviet agreement, signed July 4, 1945, and made effective July 24, 1945. USACA Section also administered occupation government in U.S. zone of Austria and U.S. sector of Vienna. USACA Section was abolished following transfer of U.S. occupation government from military to civilian authority, marked by the Presidential appointment of Walter J. Donnelly as Envoy (later Ambassador) to Austria and U.S. High Commissioner for Austria, effective September 20, 1950. Donnelly was succeeded by Ambassador Llewelyn E. Thompson, Jr., July 17, 1952. U.S. occupation government in Austria officially terminated July 27, 1955, the date of the entrance into force of the State Treaty for the Re-establishment of an Independent and Democratic Austria, signed May 15, 1955.

Records of the Director of USACA

Files of the Director 1946-1951
   
                Boxes 1-71 location: 390/52/31/05
                        Box 34 contains, under file number 386, information concerning restitution  and other property matters. location: 390/52/33/02

Decimal Files, 1946-1951 (Entry 101)

        Boxes 1-74 location: 390/52/35/01
            Boxes 42-43 contains information on restitution.

Records of the Reparations, Restitution, and Deliveries Division

Records of the Reparations and Restitution Branch

Records Relating to Claims, 1945-1950 (Entry 102)

        Boxes 1-152 location: 390/53/3/06
        Box #  Country Filing Claims  location
        1-6  Austria  390/53/3/06
        7-9  Belgium  390/53/3/06
        10  Britain  390/53/3/07
        10  Bulgaria  390/53/3/07
        11-26  Czechoslovakia 390/53/3/07
        27-33  Netherlands  390/53/4/02
        34-58  France  390/53/4/03
        59-60  Germany  390/53/4/07
        61  Greece  390/53/4/07
        62-101  Hungary  390/53/4/07
        102  Iran  390/53/5/06
        102-123  Italy  390/53/5/06
            Boxes 118-122 contain lists of factories taken over by Germans
            location: 390/53/6/01
        124  Luxembourg  390/53/6/02
        124  Miscellaneous  390/53/6/02
        124  Norway  390/53/6/02
        125-134  Poland  390/53/6/02
        135  Rumania  390/53/6/04
        135-136  Russia  390/53/6/04
        137-150  Yugoslavia  390/53/6/04
        151-152  United States  390/53/6/05
       
General Records, 1945-1950 (Entry 103)

        Boxes 153-167 location: 390/53/6/06
        Box #  File Title or Subject
        155  Fine Arts
                                Austrian Letter concerning return of Fine Arts from CCP [Central  Collecting Point], Munich
                Fine Arts-Agreements USFA and OMGUS
                Reports-Restitution by USFA location: 390/53/6/06
        155-156  Manfred Weiss Concern location: 390/53/6/06
        156  Field Reports (3 folders) location: 390/53/6/07
        157  Loot-Origin Unknown location: 390/53/6/07
        158  Linzer Kunstmuseum List
                Kremsmunster Depot
                Tapestries
                Schloss Kogl-Art Depot
                List of Unidentified Paintings Stored at Residenz-Depot,
Salzburg
                Final Status Reports on Art Restitutions location: 390/53/6/07
        159  Benedictine Abbey
                CCP [Central Collecting Point]-Austrian Group Claim
                Salzburg Art Depot location: 390/53/6/07
        159-160  Alt-Aussee Salt Mine{Note 2} location: 390/53/6/07
        160  Intelligence Cases-Fine Arts
                Art Depot (Old)
                MFA Field Reports (Miss Tucker)
                MFA&A Reports 1945 location: 390/53/6/07
        161  Official List of Monumentss, and Other Buildings and Sites and  Archives in Austria
                Archives in Austria
                Report "Cultural Looting of the 'Ahnenerbe'" 197pp.
March 1, 1948 location: 390/53/6/07
        162  Austria Shipments from CCP [Central Collecting Point]
location: 390/53/6/07
        163-165  Paintings-Restituted location: 390/53/7/01
        167  Semi-Annual Reports 1946-1947-1948
                History of R & R Branch-Semi Annual Report June 30, 1948
                Semi-Annual Report December 31, 1949 location: 390/53/7/01

Records of the Monuments and Fine Arts Branch

General Records 1945

        Box #  File Titles
        1  Staatsoper
            Stefans Kirche
            Albertina
            Belgian Cultural Material
            Belgian List of Cultural Items
            Austrian Bells at Isenburg
            French Proposal to Require from the Austrians a Declaration Disclosing  the Presence of Stolen or Looted Goods
            German Archeological Institute at Rome
            List of Art Objects and Collections Taken by Germans in France (Aktion  Rosenburg)
            Art Objects-Linz
            Policy Correspondence of the Archives Office
            Ministerial Business Including Lists of Personnel
            Miscellaneous Correspondence
            Tibetan Collection in Castle at Mittersill
            Munich and Austria-Buildings and Fine Arts
            Project Stattsdenkmalamt
            French List of Art Treasures in Austria
            List of Art Objects Stored at Schloss Kogle, St. Georgen
            Kremsmuenster
            Various Deposit Locations
            Copies of Correspondence
            List of Protected Monuments-Austria
            Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire
            Deposits at Bad Aussee (Churches) and Salt Mines at Alt Aussee and  Lauffen
            Various Austrian Maps
            Plan of a Tobacco Building
            Functions of the United States Forces Austria and Unit States Allied  Command Austria
            Karde Equipment
            St. Florian Monastery
            Correspondence from Field Office Salzburg
            Art Objects-Land Salzburg
            Vienna-Votivkirche
            Art Object List-Salzburg
            Roman Statue from Salonik
            Masterpieces to be Use for an Exhibition from the Salt Mine at Lauffen
                location: 390/53/7/01
        2  Frick Regional Maps - A Geographical Listing of Archives Buildings
            Frick Town Place of Innesbruck, Austria
            Austrian-American Institute of Education
            Draft Agenda from the Allied Commission for Austria for the Monuments  and Fine Arts Meeting of October 1, 1945
            Inventory of Polish Archives at Schloss Fischorn
            Return of Cultural and Scientific Libraries to Vienna
            Art Treasures and Archives Looted at Sale Mine Lauffen
            Miscellaneous Photos of Austrian Buildings that were Bombed
            Photos of Bomb Damage at the Kunstgewerbemuseum; M-12 to M-28:  Frick Regional Maps and Geographic Listings of Buildings,  Archives, Libraries and Art Object Repositories
                Location: 390/53/7/01
        Claims and Receipts 1932-1950

            Boxes 1-2 location: 390/53/7/02

        Monuments and Fine Arts Lists, Receipts, and Reports of Objects for Restitution  to Legal Ownership 1945-1950

            Box 1 location: 390/53/7/02

Records of the German External Assets Branch

Reports on Businesses 1945-1950 (Entry 107)

        Boxes 1-158 location 390/53/7/03

General Records 1945-1950 (Entry 108)

        Boxes 159-216 location: 390/53/10/04
        Box #  File Title or Subject
        160  Summary of Nazi laws on Confiscation of Property
location: 390/53/10/04
        161  Austrian Laws-General
                Laws and Decrees Affecting Austrian Insurance
                Charts-German Ownership location: 390/53/10/04
        162  Sale of German External Assets
                Insurance-General
                Nazi Laws location: 390/53/10/05
        163  Statistical Summary on German External Assets Reports (2 folders)
                Final Act-Paris Conference location: 390/53/10/05
        165  German External Assets in Italy
                German Accounts in Austrian Financial Institutions
                Special Report to Sen. George W. Malone on German External  Assets in Austria
                List-Austrian Interests in German Companies
location: 390/53/10/05
        166  Washington Accord
                Patent Rights, Germany (for Austrian Firms)
                Property of German Persecutees location: 390/53/10/05
        167  IARA [Inter-Allied Reparation Agency] Interests in Austria
                German Assets in Hungary location: 390/53/10/05
        168  United Nations Nationals File
                War Booty
                United Nations Property in Austria
                Tabulation of German External Assets in Austria by OMGUS
                German External Assets Statistical Charts
                Martin Bormann's Property
                German External Assets Reports to Washington
location: 390/53/10/05
        169-211  Files on companies and individuals location: 390/53/10/06
        212  German External Assets Reading File
                Laws Passed in Germany by Military Government of Interest to RD  & D Division
                Summaries of Austrian Laws Affecting RD & D Division
location: 390/53/11/05
        213  Austrian Laws
                Russian Confiscation and Violations of Property Claims by U.S.  Citizens
                Blocking and Control of Propery-1945 location: 390/53/11/05
        214  American Properties in the French Zone of Vienna
                American Properties in the British Zone of Vienna
                American Properties in the British Zone of Austria
                American Properties in the Russian Zone of Vienna (2 folders)
location: 390/53/11/05
        215  American Properties in the Russian Zone of Austria (2 folders)
                American Properties in the International Zone of Vienna-Banking  Accounts
                British Properties in the American Zone of Austria
                French Properties in the American Zone of Austria
                USACA Semi-Monthly Flash Reports 1948-1949 (2 folders)
location: 390/53/11/05
        216  Laws of the Austrian Government location: 390/53/11/05

Miscellaneous Records 1945-1950 (Entry 109)

        Boxes 217-222 location: 390/53/10/05
        Box #  File Title or Subject
        217  Foreign-Owned Assets in Austria location: 390/53/11/05
        218  MGAX Extracts (2 folders) location: 390/53/11/06
        220  German External Assets and the Institution of Insurance in Austria
                (2 folders)
            MGAX Extracts ( 2 folders) location: 390/53/11/06
        221  Report of Completed Cases from the German External Assets Branch
                (3 folders) location: 390/53/11/06
        222  OMGUS Report March 1, 1947 "Report on German Cartels and Combines  1946" 3 volumes (I: German Economic Decentralization; II: Survey  of Germany's Major Industries; and, III: Germany's Major  Industrial Combines)

        Boxes 223-236 location: 390/B/7/01

GEA Reports on Austria Firms Wholly Owned by German Companies (Entry 110)

        Box 237 location: 390/53/10/06
                Box lists for these records are available.

Records of the Property Control Branch

Correspondence and Related Records (P Files') Regarding Pending Claims, 1945-1950  (Entry 116)

        Boxes 1-24 location: 390/53/19/04

Correspondence Relating to Claims and Queries 1945-1950 (Entry 117) 

        Boxes 1-31 location: 390/53/19/07

General Correspondence Files 1945-1950 (Entry 119)

        Boxes 1-11 location: 390/53/20/05

Miscellaneous Correspondence 1945-1950 (Entry 120)

        Boxes 1-12 location: 390/53/20/07

Reports on Property Control and Restitution Claims 1945-1951  (Entry 123)

        Box 1 location: 390/53/21/04

Claims - Upper Austria 1945-1951 (Entry 124)

        Boxes 1-5 location: 390/53/21/04

Claims and Restitution Reports on Property Administered. By The Military Government.  1939-1950 (Entry 125)

        Boxes 1-2 location: 390/53/21/06

Footnotes

{1}Return to text For General Keyes personal papers see Lt. General Geoffrey Keyes "Personal-Official File," 1934-1954 (Boxes 1-9 location: 130/76/01/04) in the National Archives Gift Collection (RG 200).

{2}Return to text Large salt mine in Austria where the Allies uncovered a significant collection of looted art work and other cultural treasures.

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