The Story of Salomon K.

In 1938, the emigration department of the Jewish Community recorded all Jewish families who had registered their intention to leave the German Reich because of their persecution by the National Socialists. A report by the Jewish Community revealed that by the end of 1938 more than 43,000 families consisting of a total of more than 118,000 persons had filed an application for emigration. The emigration questionnaires and the related index cards contain, among other information, their dates of birth, addresses, nationalities, occupations and family relations. This is one of the most comprehensive and complete collection of personal data of Austrian Jews.

The story of the family of Salomon K. is an example for the fates of all other families that now can only be reconstructed on the basis of fragmentary evidence. These documents are part of the comprehensive archival holdings, which are to be joined under one roof at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute. The card from the police identification index of the Gestapo, with the photo of Salomon K., has been captured electronically at the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance.