The Inventory of the Austrian Archives for Exile Studies

Photographs: © Lukas Dostal

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Library
Reference library (around 7,000 titles and around 1,200 periodicals, available on the online catalogue): Publications by Austrian writers in exile and emigration, released outside of Germany since 1933, and outside of Austria since 1938.

• Original editions

• New editions and translations

• Work translated by emigrants

• The production of exile publishers with Austrian assistance

• Exile magazines and journals specialising on exile

• Anthologies Secondary literature

Databank
Bio-bibliographical databank on Austrian creative artists in exile (around 6,700 items).

Archive
Documentation (in the form of newspaper cuttings, bio-bibliographical material, offprints etc.) of over 2,400 persons, sorted by keywords.
Desider Stern archive: "Werke jüdischer Autoren deutscher Sprache" ("The work of Jewish authors in the German language").

Scripts and papers
Larger inventory to:

Single autographs and smaller collections: Persons A-K and L-Z

Image Archive

• Photo portraits of Austrian creative artists in exile, by Alisa Douer (around 640. items). The photo collection was created through joint exhibition projects and its endorsement is subject to available material.

• Small collection of historical portraits and subjects.