Oral History Archives

Research Society Burgenland

Interviews

Female

Edith Arlen Wachtel and Walter Arlen

Edith b. 1925 in Vienna
d. 2012 in Los Angeles
Childhood (Summertime) in Bad Sauerbrunn
1939 Escape to England, 1946 Emigration to USA.
Walter b. 1920 in Vienna
Childhood (Summertime) in Bad Sauerbrunn
1939 Escape to the USA.

Fedor, Rudolf Heinrich and Herta Balonga (neé Heinrich)

Rudolf b. 1921 in Großpetersdorf
d. 2008 in Buenos Aires
Fedor b. 1922 in Großpetersdorf
d. ?
Both childhood in Großpetersdorf
Both 1938 Escape to Argentina via Triest.
Herta b. 1927 in Vienna
d. ?
Childhood (Summertime) in Großpetersdorf
1939 Escape to Argentina via Triest.

Eva Dutton (neé Rosenfeld)

b. 1925 in Vienna
d. 2024 in Vienna
Childhood in Neusiedl am See
1938 Escape to Hungary.
1944 Deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
1944 Forced Labour Camp Allendorf.
1945 Liberation.
1949 Emigration to the USA, 1957 Venezuela, 1968 England.
2005 Return to Austria.

Edith Efrati (neé Löwy)

b. 1933 in Oberwart
d. 2009 in Beer Sheva
Childhood in Eberau
1938 Escape to Shanghai via Finland, Latvia and Italy.
1949 Emigration to Israel.

Marion Fischer (neé Klein)

b. 1937 in Wiener Neustadt
Childhood in Bad Sauerbrunn
1938 Escape to Switzerland.
1939 Attempt to escape to Palestine via Triest.
Forced to return to Triest
Internment in Italy.
1944 Escape to Switzerland.
1947 Italy.
1950 Return to Austria.

Marietta Fluk (neé Radocz)

b. 1932 in Stadtschlaining
d. 2008 in Media, USA
Childhood in Stadtschlaining
1938 Escape to the USA.

Nathalie Gluck (neé Dux)

b. 1928 in Deutschkreutz
d. before June 2009 in London
Childhood in Deutschkreutz
1938 Kindertransport to England.
1947 Palestine, 1948 return to England.

Elisabeth Helfer (neé Steinhart)

b. 1919 in Vienna
d. 2015 in London
Childhood in Eisenstadt
1938 Escape to England via Rijeka.
1949 Australia, 1951 Argentina.
1976 England.

Hanny Hieger (neé Spiegl)

b. 1923 in Vienna
d. 2018 in Vienna
Childhood in Zurndorf
1939 Kindertransport to England.
1946 Return to Vienna.
1951 Uruguay, later Argentina, Peru.
1970 Vienna, 1976 GDR (embassy staff).
Retired and returned to Vienna.

Elisabeth S. Hirsch (neé Schiff)

b. 1918 in Budapest
d. 2014 in White Plains, NY, USA
Childhood (Summertime) in Eisenstadt
1939 Escape to England.
1946 USA.

Gertrude Hoffer (neé Gabriel)

b. 1921 in Eisenstadt
d. 2010 in Montevideo
Childhood in Eisenstadt
1938 Escape to Argentina via Triest.
1945 Uruguay.

Alice Howson (neé Holzer)

b. 1920 in Pinkafeld
d. 2003 in Manchester
Childhood in Pinkafeld
1938 Escape to Palestine via Triest.
1949 Return to Vienna. 1951 England.

Henny King (neé Henrietta Anna Löwy)

b. 1935 in Großpetersdorf
d. 2011 in Prestwich, England
Childhood in Großpetersdorf
1938 Escape to Portugal.
1940 USA, 1942 Kanada.
1960 England, 1990 Schottland.

Sofie Kobrinsky (neé Rothstein)

b. 1921 in Güssing
d. 2012 in Tel Aviv
Childhood in Güssing
1938 Escape to Palestine.

Gertrude Kritzer (neé Blum)

b. 1923 in Krumbach, Lower Austria
d. 2016 in Vienna
Childhood (Summertime) in Wiesen
1938 Escape to Palestine via Italy.
1951 Return to Vienna

Alicia Latzer

b. 1928 in Güssing
d. 2019 in Buenos Aires
Childhood in Güssing
1938 Escape to Argentina.
1962 Emigration to the USA.
Return to Buenos Aires.

Martha Mond (neé Gabriel)

b. 1919 in Ebenfurt
d. 2009 in Buenos Aires
Childhood in Eisenstadt
1938 Escape to Argentina via Triest.

Gertrude Scholz (neé Neumann)

b. 1919 in Vienna
d. 2019 in Graz
Childhood (Summertime) in Rust am See
1939 Escape to England.
1946 Return to Graz.

Lore Lizbeth Waller (neé Back)

b. 1918 in Vienna
d. 2010 in Los Angeles
Childhood (Summertime) in Eisenstadt
1939 Escape to England via Zlín.
1952 USA.