Joseph Loewenherz Collection 1938-1960

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Joseph Loewenherz Collection 1938-1960

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The collection documents Joseph Löwenherz's activities as the head of Jewish community in Vienna, Austria and his interactions with the and in Vienna. It contains copies of the memos and other reportsJoseph Löwenherz had to submit to the and the , which were used as evidence in Adolf Eichmann's trial.Also included are documents and correspondence related to the Eichmann trial as well as correspondence between Löwenherz and his son written between 1939 and 1941 during his travels toseveral European cities, where he attended meetings concerning the mass repatriation of Jewish citizens out of Europe. Zentralstelle für Jüdische Auswanderung Gestapo Hauptamt Zentralstelle Gestapo

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Löwenherz, Josef Israel

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Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien.

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Zentralstelle für Jüdische Auswanderung

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Laverie, Siegmund

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Löwenherz, Sofie

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Löwenherz, Joseph

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Joseph Löwenherz was born in 1884 as the son of a noted Jewish family in Galicia. During his years of study at the university of Lemberg (then Galicia; now L'viv, Ukraine) he belonged to the Zionist student fraternity and was later active in Zionist organizations in Galicia. He was a delegate to the 10th through the 15th Zionist Congresses. After the First World War he worked as a lawyer in Vienna. From 1924 to 1937 he served as the vice president of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde...