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Restitution status: Heirs being sought
Categories: Books and other printed items / Books / Religion and the Humanities
Object Data
Artist
Museum
Inventory Number
B 51948
Description
'1. Das Judenviertel in der Inneren Stadt bis zu seiner Aufhebung im Jahre 1421' (First part: the Jewish quarter in the inner city until its abolition in 1421), '2. Die Judenstadt im Unteren Werd 1625-1670' (Second part: the Jewish city in the Unterer Werd - a Viennese quarter - 1625-70), Vienna [and other places], W. Braumüller, 1909 - xii, 314 pages, illustrations, map, (published within the 'Quellen und Forschungen zur Geschichte der Juden in Deutsch-Österreich' series - 'Sources and research on the the history of the Jews in German Austria'), edited by the 'Historische Kommission der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde in Wien' (Historical Commission of the Israelite Religious Community of Vienna, with 2 maps and 7 illustrations to the text
Imprint
Vienna and other places: W. Braumüller, 1909
Period
20th Century
Provenance Data
Former owner according to museum / collection
Charlotte Holzmann, née Planer, born 6 January 1870 in Langegg near Waidhofen/Thaya, left 20 June 1942 for Theresienstadt, later deported to Treblinka. Legal successors have not yet been determined.
Benefaction/donation/presentation from a private collection
Provenance according to museum / collection
The germanist and lexicographer Michael Holzmann (born 21 June 1860 in Slawathen, Moravia - died 20 October 1930 in Vienna) left a library behind, which, after the deportation of his widow in 1942, was stored in a garage. Its female owner passed on the library as 'ownerless goods' ('herrenloses Gut') to the Wienbibliothek after the end of the war in 1945.
Viennese Commission for Restitution
Art restitution proceedings are pending.
The Art Restitution Advisory Board has established owners or their legal successors and has recommended to restore to them the art or cultural object.
City of Vienna, executive city councillor in charge (municipal authorities)
No decision has been reached so far.
The art or cultural object is kept in the museum/in the collection.
Request Object
© Art restitution National Fund of the Republic Austria for Victims of National Socialism