NACHLÄSSE SAMMELN IM KRIEGSARCHIV WIEN: EIN HISTORISCHER ÜBERBLICK.

The article surveys the history of the practice to collect and preserve private archives and personal papers of military officers and civilians involved in military policy and military affairs in the Kriegsarchiv (War Archives) in Vienna, Austria. The author focuses primarily on the period after the Second World War. Topics addressed include the relevance of personal papers to historiographical research on Austrian military history, the collection development philosophy of the Kriegsarchiv, and access control and user services of the archives.