Die PORR AG und ihre Tochterunternehmen zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus

 

Project leaders: Univ.-Prof DDr. Oliver Rathkolb, Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Sybille Steinbacher, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bertrand Perz
Project staff: Dr. Christian Rabl, Dr.in Maria Czaputowicz-Głowacka
Funding: PORR AG
Duration: 2022-2024 

 

A project of the University of Vienna in cooperation with the Fritz Bauer Institute and the Goethe University Frankfurt

 




PORR AG is a construction company based in Vienna that is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange. As one of Austria's largest construction companies, PORR is active in every sector of the construction industry, both nationally and internationally. PORR was founded in 1869 as a joint-stock company and is thus the oldest listed company in Austria.

The aim of the project is to reappraise the past of PORR AG under the Nazi regime.

 

Thematic priorities

  • Business contacts with Nazi officials and Nazi Party members before 1933 and 1938
  • Decision-making process in the company during the Nazi era
  • Construction projects for the armaments industry in the German Reich and the occupied territories, as well as the exploitation of forced and slave labourers
  • Construction projects for the SS and in the field of concentration camps as well as the exploitation of forced and slave labourers
  • Compensation measures for forced and slave labour after 1945 (esp. also in the context of the Reconciliation Fund)

 

Project objective

Preparation of a scientific final report, which will be coordinated with the PORR and subsequently published in a suitable form.