Gertrude Mergili
Born 1946, in Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria
- B.A degree in English and M.A. degree in German from Quincy College and Middlebury College, U.S.A., respectively
- Began work for Simon Wiesenthal in 1991
Responsibilities
- English correspondence, translation, annual reports, donations and finances
- Introduction (in 2002) of a complex database system (archiopteryx) to register, describe, and access the Documentation Center’s archival holdings
- Electronic registration and description of the archival objects pertaining to Nazi crimes and criminals in order to promote their accessibility
Michaela Vocelka
Born 1968, in Vienna, Austria
- M.A. degrees in history and the history of art with an emphasis on Austrian cultural history, from the University of Vienna
- Since 2002, member of the professional staff of the Documentation Center working mainly as an archivist
Responsibilities
- Monitoring of right-wing extremism, neo-Nazism, and anti-Semitism, archiving pertinent documentation and creating a database with person and keyword catalogues
- Since 2003, electronic registration and description of the accumulated Nazi files, with a special focus on the structure and system of the archival descriptions
- Website editor