[Rothschild Transit Camp photographs collection]
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of the photographs show refugees at the Rothschild Transit Camp in Vienna, ca. 1945. Also included are photographs of the bomb-damaged streetscape, the Jewish section of Vienna’s main cemetery, elderly Austrians in a city park, and – for no obvious reason - photographs of Sigmund Freud and his daughter, Anna.
Dates
- ca. 1945
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
The collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
The Rothschild Transit Camp No. 350 had been established by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in the former Rothschild Hospital in Vienna’s 9th district (Severingasse) for 600 Jewish refugees.
Extent
200 Photographic Prints
Abstract
The bulk of the photographs show refugees at the Rothschild Transit Camp in Vienna, ca. 1945. Also included are photographs of the bomb-damaged streetscape, the Jewish section of Vienna’s main cemetery, elderly Austrians in a city park, and – for no obvious reason - photographs of Sigmund Freud and his daughter, Anna.
- Title
- Guide to the [Rothschild Transit Camp photographs collection] DM 197
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
