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Archiducatus Austriae

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Collection
MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
Description Level
Item
Material Type
cartographic material
Physical Description
Map : printed ; Ht: 55,8 cm x W: 62,5 cm
Collection
MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
Description Level
Item
Material Type
cartographic material
Physical Description
Map : printed ; Ht: 55,8 cm x W: 62,5 cm
Language
German
Latin
French
Notes
Map of Upper Austria; rectangular format; litograph; colored. Places of worship, military and residential areas, waterways and forest areas are all listed. Upper Austria traditionally comprised four administrative regions or districts : the Hausruck, the Inn, the Mühl and the Traun districts. The map was created around 1710 by the cartographer Georg Matthaeus Vischer and published by Johann Baptist Homann. In 1702, Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) founded a map-publishing house in Nuremberg, which became one of the most important in 18th-century Germany. Over the following years, he published more than a hundred lithographed maps. His artistic style is characterized by allegorical cartouches and vivid colors. Adele Eisenschiml, born in Vienna in 1879, acquired a number of these old maps, including one by Homann, to add to her collection. The Nazis confiscated this valuable antique from her in 1938. In July 1938, Adele boarded the Arlberg Express in St-Anton to visit her son Georg in Paris. The Gestapo, who accused her of embezzlement, arrested Adele at the Feldkirch border. She was detained for three days and was interrogated by the Gestapo, who stigmatized her for being a member of the Jewish community. Six antique maps, money and jewelry were seized from her. Four of these maps were held at the court in Feldkirch before joining the Vorarlberg archives in 1992. In 2019, Adele's descendants received four of the six cards following a restitution request made by Sheila Murphy, Adele Eisenschiml's great-granddaughter. This was part of a resolution passed by the Voralberg government in 2003 to provide reparations to victims of the Holocaust. The two missing maps were never preserved in the archive’s collection and are still to be found, highlighting, among other things, the many consequences of spoliation. During the Second World War, Germany and its Austrian Nazi supporters exerted pressure for the unification of the two nations. Known as the Anschluss, this annexation was an important step for the Nazi government. The goal was to unite the German and Austrian populations into a single Reich based on self-determination. The Wehrmacht, the army of the Third Reich, entered Austria on March 12, 1938 and began its annexation, violating the Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of St. Germain. Following this event, Austria ceased to exist as an independent nation until 1945, and antisemitic demonstrations escalated. In addition to public humiliation, antisemitic laws were implemented to restrict the economic and social capital of Jewish communities in Austria.
Accession No.
2021.12.01
Name Access
Murphy, Sheila
Places
Nuremberg , Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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