us-005578-irn652282
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archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Hans Fischböck (1895-1967, also known as Juan Carlos Fischböck and Jakob or Jacobo Schramm) was born on January 24, 1895 in Geras in Lower Austria as the son of a judge. In 1896 his parents relocated to Vienna, Austria where he went to elementary school and graduated from high school (Gymnasium). After his service in World War I, he studied law in Vienna and earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. After his studies, Fischböck made a career in the 1930s in the banking and insurance business, specializing in bankruptcy cases. In this capacity, Fischböck met Arthur Seyss-Inquart, a fellow German nationalist who would become Nazi Governor (Reichsstatthalter) of Nazi-annexed Austria and Reich Commissioner (Reichskommissar) for the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. By the spring of 1938, Fischböck was among Seyss-Inquart’s closest circle of confidants. Shortly before the Anschluss and responding to German pressure, the administration of Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg appointed Fischböck as State Councilor for Economic Relations with the German Reich (Staatsrat für die Wirtschaftsbeziehungen zum Deutschen Reich). After Schuschnigg’s resignation, Fischböck became the Minister of Trade in Seyss-Inquart’s cabinet. In May 1938, Fischböck was appointed Minister of Economic Affairs with control over the “Vermögensverkehrsstelle” and the Aryanization of Jewish properties and assets in Nazi-annexed Austria. A day after “Kristallnacht,” the November 1938 pogrom, Fischböck, together with Reinhard Heydrich, Josef Goebbels, and Reich Minister for Economic Affairs Walther Funk, participated in a meeting convened by Hermann Göring during which Fischböck described the methods by which Jewish property had been successfully expropriated in Nazi-annexed Austria and during which he proposed further aryanizations and enhanced economic measures against the Jews. In May 1939, Fischböck was appointed Commissioner General for Finance and Economic Affairs (General-Kommissar für Finanz und Wirtscha…
has beginning date: 1938-01-01
has beginning date: 1876-01-01
has end date: 1992-12-31
has end date: 1967-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: spa
has or had subject: 701
has or had subject: 792
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn652282
record resource extent: box book enclosure oversize folders 1 1 9
record resource structure: The Hans Fischböck papers are arranged as four series: • Series 1. Biographical material, 1876-1992 • Series 2. Nazi documents, 1938-1943 • Series 3. Latin American documents, 1939-1989 • Series 4. Photographs, circa 1930s-1965
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scope and content: The Hans Fischböck papers consist of correspondence, official documentation, biographical materials, and photographs, documenting Fischböck's National Socialist career which involved the systematic expropriation and Aryanization of Jewish properties and assets in Nazi-annexed Austria and the Nazi-occupied Netherlands; Fischböck's flight to Argentina after the war; his life and work in Latin America; and his eventual return to Germany and Austria. It contains official certificates of promotion and commendations issued to Hans Fischböck by high-ranking Nazi officials including Adolf Hitler, Hans Frank, and Walther Funk; official communication from Austrian politicians in the days before the Anschluss, such as Austrian President Wilhelm Miklas and Minister for Commerce and Transportation Julius Raab, and from Reichsstatthalter Arthur Seiss-Inquart following the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany; post-war papers and photographs from Latin America including official documents issued by Latin American authorities, some of which bear fake names for Hans Fischböck, his wife, and their son; correspondence and protocols of meetings in Buenos Aires between Mannesmann GmbH and Nicolussi SRL Aspersion concerning Fischböck; personal photographs from the 1930s until ca. 1965; biographical documentation including Fischböck’s family tree compiled for his SS membership application; and newspaper clippings about the international search for Hans Fischböck and the discovery of his whereabouts in Germany in 1966. Series 1. Biographical material of Fischböck includes handwritten curriculum vitae from 1940, a telegram regarding his death in 1967 and his printed death notice. Genealogical documents consist of records related to Hans Fischböck’s ancestors, including birth, death, and marriage certificates dating to the 1800s, family trees, and his SS-Ahnentafel documentation. Some records bear German and Argentine authenticity certifications. Also included are postcards, the bulk of whi…
title: Hans Fischböck papers