Austria

Jewish Birth, Marriage, and Death Records from Vienna

1. IKG - Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien, Jewish Cultural Community

The best way to find out if records exist for an individual is to email Dr. Hubert Steiner, who was and may still be the head or main contact at the archives, in English, and simply ask him. Give him all the information including name, address, and particularly the date of birth. (The records are filed by name and date of birth). Dr. Hubert Steiner's email address: adrpost@oesta.gv.at

Alternatively, you could contact the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien ("IKG", or the Jewish Community of Vienna) in English and ask them for assistance in finding out if a document exists and how you can obtain a copy.

Birth-, marriage- and death records of the Jewish Community 1826 – 1938, available for public and private research.

Issuance of certificates for public and private purposes (there is a fee). Response to verbal and written inquiries, partially in cooperation with the supervisory board of the cemetery and the library of the Jewish Museum.

Birth, marriage, and death books maintained by the IKG through all the years up to WWII, and even now of Jews who lived in Vienna; but only if they were born in Vienna, or got married in Vienna, or died there. If a person came to Vienna already married and did not die there, there would be no record. Those books are at the IKG and contain dates and places of birth, parents' names, witnesses, etc. For example, I am in the birth record book for my year, but in no other book. My father is in the marriage book of the year he got married, but no other book. The IKG has a master card file (probably computerized by now), with which they can look up names quickly and determine if there might be a record for a person in a given book. The key info is date of birth. For example, in the case of a name like Schwarz there would be hundreds in the master file, and DOB would filter them out.

2. Vienna Births, Marriages, Deaths 1784-1911

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2028320

Databases of Jews in Vienna, register free, English version

www.genteam.at

Municipal and Provincial Archives of Vienna

• Medical Files

• Probate Files

Vienna Residence Registration Cards 1904-1975

https://www.wien.gv.at/english/e-government/culture/archives/research/residence-registration-records.html

Meldezettel Population Cards (männliche und weibliche Personen), 1850-1928

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/176296?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Vienna Directories

https://www.digital.wienbibliothek.at/periodical/structure/5311

Old Vienna Address Books

http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Wien/Adressbuch_1926

WW1 photos at the Bildarchiv

http://www.bildarchivaustria.at/Pages/Search/Result.aspx?p_ItemID=1&p_iCollectionID=15760977

http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/judaica/nav/index/all

The Central Jewish Cemetery of Vienna = The Zentral Friedhof Wien

http://www.friedhoefewien.at/ write to- post@friedhoefewien.at

Jewish cemetery- http://www.juedische-friedhoefe.at/

IKG Cemetery Database https://secure.ikg-wien.at/Db/Fh/

http://www.grave-pictures.at/

https://www.grave-pictures.at/community/index.php?search/&type=xfmg_media

https://www.grave-pictures.at/community/index.php?search/search

Photographs of a few tombstones and newspaper articles from Vienna of native Rohatyners.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=rohatyn&w=65444072%40N00

Austrian Newspapers Online

http://anno.onb.ac.at/

Suggestions:

Post message to Austria-Czech SIG- austriaczech@lyris.jewishgen.org

http://www.jewishgen.org/austriaczech/ausguide.htm to get records from IKG in Vienna

Join www.FindAGrave.com & request grave photo from their network of volunteers

Previous contact with Archiv der Republik database- Hubert.Steiner@oesta.gv.at

I was sent death cert of Chaim Gedalje USCIER & birth cert of son Jacques USCIER from www.familysearch.org

copy of d. cert from city of Vienna- http://www.wien.gv.at/

civil servant contact- kontakt@buergerservice-wien.gv.at

Mayor Michael Haeupl- michael.haeupl@wien.gv.at

Mayor's office- buergermeister@magwien.gv.at

address: Lichtenfelsgasse 2, 1010 Wien

phone # 0043-1-4000-8111 & fax #- 0043-1-4000-9982010

Juedische Liberale Gemeinde Wien- Jewish Liberal Parish Vienna

Robertgasse 2, 1020 Wien

http://www.orchadasch.at/

info@orchadasch.at

A Letter to the Stars website

http://www.lettertothestars.at/liste_opfer.php?searchterm=rohatyn&action=search&x=0&y=0

Click on name to link to website with information on that person including date of birth and residences in Vienna.

Rosa Baczeles 1020 Wien, Flossgasse 6/2

Johann Norbert Censer 1190 Wien, Kreindlg. 15

Isak Dickler

Debora Dikler 1020 Wien, Grosse Sperlgasse 33

Rifka Drucks 1020 Wien, Grosse Pfarrgasse 6/14

Aron Ehrenberg 1200 Wien, Universumstr. 30

Leib Falth 1020 Wien, Obermüllnerstrasse 5/20

Frimet Goldstein 1020 Wien, Grosse Pfarrgasse 6

Felicia Hornung 1030 Wien, Adamsgasse 13/10

Abraham Kirschen 1100 Wien, Senefelderg. 53

Czarna Landtner 1020 Wien, Förstergasse 8

Viktor Lantner 1020 Wien, Rembrandtstrasse 28/10

Moses Lopater

Ida Reizenblat 1020 Wien, Miesbachgasse 10

Samuel Scheiner 1020 Wien, Rembrandtstrasse 34

Sala Wald

Wilhelm Wald

Sachar Nuchim Weinstock

University of Vienna

Website: http://www.univie.ac.at/en/university/forum-zeitgeschichte/

Contact: Herbert Posch

Contact email: herbert.posch@univie.ac.at

Address: A-1090 Vienna, Spitalgasse 2-4, court 1

Phone: Tel +43-1/4277-41236 | Fax -9412

Mr. Posch is very knowledgeable and responsive. Available documents include academic records, biographical information on the student, student's father, professors, courses, and Vienna addresses while attending school.

Student records obtained:

1. Horn, Jute by Marla

2. Horn, Bronia by Marla

Memorial Book for the Victims of National Socialism at the University of Vienna in 1938:

https://gedenkbuch.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=435&no_cache=1&L=2

A Search on Rohatyn yielded two results:

1. Golda FISCHER, born on March 28th, 1913 in Rohatyn/Poland (entitled residency ('heimatberechtigt') for Vienna/Austria, Citizenship: Austria), daughter of Joel Fischer (merchant), lived in Wien 9, Glasergasse 11/11, was enrolled finally in the spring term 1938 at the Medical School in the 3rd year of her studies.

2. Saul GOLDSCHLAG, born on March 25th, 1891 in Rohatyn/Poland wasn't enrolled at the Philosophical School any more in 1938, but was preparing for the final exams ('Rigorosen'). He registered for the final exams in History on April 1st, 1930. His dissertation 'Die Wiener führende Presse und der deutsch-französische Krieg 1870/71' was accepted on May 23rd, 1930. He passed the first 'Rigorosum' on July 1st, 1937 and the second 'Rigorosum' on July 6th, 1938. He could finally finish his studies and graduated on July 21st, 1938, but only with the discriminating ceremony of a 'Nichtarierpromotion', which included at the same time that he was banned from his profession.

Archives at the University of Vienna : http://scopeq.cc.univie.ac.at/Query/suchinfo.aspx

A search on Rohatyn yielded 10 results:

1. Personengruppe - 1917 (a photo) link

2. Wald, Josef Mendel link

3. Koppens, Julius (document) link

4. Weidmann, Ludwig (document) link

5. Druks, Markus (document) link

6. Druks, Samuel Juda link

7. Reichmann, Sabina link

8. Reichmann, Anna link

9. Goldschlag, Saul link

10. Druks, Markus link