Österreichisches Staatsarchiv

Over the years, dating back to the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, efforts have been made to centralize archival institutions of Austria. Between 1940 and 1945 significant work was done to centralize these state archives, while Austria was part of Germany's Third Reich. In 1983 the"Archiv der Republi" was founded as part of the Austrian archival system. Consequently other departments of the State Archives had to transfer to it their official records of the First Republic, the National-Socialist era and the Second Republic. In 1981 a new building was created in Vienna-Erdberg (Nottendorfer Gasse 2-4, 1030 Vienna); today it holds the General Directorate, the restoration workshop, the central library of the State Archives and the following archival departments: Allgemeines Verwaltungsarchiv, Archiv der Republik, Kriegsarchiv and Finanz- und Hofkammerarchiv. 

There are four main archival departments of the Austrian State Archives: Allgemeines Verwaltungsarchiv, Archiv der Republik, Kriegsarchiv and Finanz- und Hofkammerarchiv. The online descriptions of their holdings indicates the presence of administrative records, archive materials of the Reich as well as military and war archives, which include personal files and court records, among numerous other files. For more extensive information on each archive see their individual archival institution entries. Among others contains restitution- and/or compensation-related materials: AT-OeStA/AdR E-uReang; 15668 files; Vermögensverkehrsstelle, Finanzlandesdirektion, Hilfsfonds, Staatsamt (Bundesministerium) für Vermögenssicherung und Wirtschaftsplanung; closed files until 12/31/2015. Please note that Holocaust-related archival collections are described here: https://portal.ehri-project.eu/institutions/at-001999