Association of Jewish Merchants and Craftsmen, Vienna Verband der jüdischen kaufleute und handwerker, Wien (Fond 1191)

Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv 

The Association of Jewish Merchants and Craftsmen (Vienna) was funded in 1928 with the aim of coordinating the Austrian Jewish business community’s efforts in various areas of the economy and public life. Unaffiliated with any political party, the association called for unity among Austrian Jewry, believing that, given the frequent economic crises and increasing nationalist distributions from ruin. In 1934, the Yad Harutzim (hand of the Diligent) Society of Jewish Craftsmen, founded in 1908, joined the association on an autonomous basis. The association published the journal “Die Wirshaft”; its chairmen were Joseoph Jolles and A. Taub. The organization’s activities ceased after the Nazi Anschluss of Austria. 

Association of Jewish Merchants and Craftsmen, Vienna Verband der jüdischen kaufleute und handwerker, Wien (Fond 1191) 

1 microfilm reel (partial), 16 mm 1,108 digital images, JPEG 

This collection contains various office records of the Association of Jewish Merchants and Craftsmen in Vienna, Austria: correspondence; minutes of board meetings and general meetings of the membership; records pertaining to the association's publication"Die Wirtschaf"; and financial records. Includes also questionnaires about association member’s professions; issues of the Vienna commercial and industrial newspaper and of the Czechoslovakian economic bulletin “Vestnik”; and informational bulletin of the Austrian Chamber of Exports. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records. 

Copyright Holder: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv 

Fond 1191 (1928-1935). Opis 1; Dela 13. Arranged in three series: 1. Journals, correspondence and minutes, 1928-1935; 2. Information bulletins and other printed materials, 1934-1935 ; 2. Financial records, 1931-1932. Note: Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reel #453: Image #1059-Reel end.