Oral History Archives

Research Society Burgenland

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
d. 2023 in Los Angeles
Childhood (Summertime) in Bad Sauerbrunn
1939 Escape to the USA.

Menahem (Ernst) Breuer

b. 1934 in Eisenstadt
Childhood in Eisenstadt
1939 Escape to Palestine via Hungary.

Hans (Juan) Deutsch

b. 1924 in Kőszeg
d. 2004 in Buenos Aires
Childhood in Kőszeg
1944 Forced labour at Südostwall.
1945 Death march to KZ Gunskirchen.
Return to Hungary.
1946 Studies at the ETH Zürich.
1951 Emigration to Argentinien.

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.

Meir Figdor

b. 1931 in Steinbrunn
Childhood in Steinbrunn
1940 Attempt to escape to Palestine.
Internment in Mauritius.
1945 Emigration to Palestine.

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.

Shlomo Galandauer

b. 1932 in Wiener Neustadt
d. 2017 in London
Childhood in Lackenbach
1938 Escape to England via Prague.

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.

Mordechai Grünsfeld

b. 1913 in Lackenbach
d. ?
Childhood in Lackenbach
1938 Escape to Palestine.

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.

Kurt Heinrich

b. 1921 in Vienna
d. 2015 in Rockville, USA
Childhood (Summertime) in Großpetersdorf
1939 Escape to Argentina via Triest.
1957 USA.

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.

Meir Leker

b. 1926 in Oberpullendorf
d. 2020 in Paris
Childhood in Oberpullendorf
1938 Escape to Palestine via Triest.
1947 Studies in London.
1951 Return to Israel, 1967 Paris.

Josef (José) Monath

b. 1913 in Eisenstadt
d. 2003 in Buenos Aires
Childhood in Eisenstadt
1938 Escape to Argentina via Triest.

Martha Mond (neé Gabriel)

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

Jonny Moser

b. 1925 in Parndorf
d. 2011 in Vienna
Childhood in Parndorf
1940 Escape to Hungary.
1944 Internment in Budapest.
After his release, working for Raoul Wallenberg.
1945 Return to Vienna.

Fred Poll

b. 1921 in Eisenstadt
d. 2005 in New York
Childhood in Eisenstadt
1939 Escape to England (Transmigration Camp).
1946 Emigration to the USA.

Leopold Redlinger

b. 1917 in Mattersburg
d. 2008 in Vienna
Childhood in Mattersburg
1937 Expulsion due political resistance. Escape to ČSR.
1942 Arrest for political resistance.
1945 Deportation to Mauthausen.
1945 Liberation. Return to Vienna.

Michael Riegler

b. 1934 in Frauenkirchen
d. 2023 in Israel
Childhood in Frauenkirchen
1940 Attempt to escape to Palestine.
Internment in Mauritius.
1945 Emigration to Palestine.

Izchak Roth

b. 1928 in Gols
d. 2018 in Kfar Saba/Israel
Childhood in Gols
April 1938 marooned with others on a barg on the Danube River near Rajka/Hungary.
1938 arrival in Palestine via Yugoslavia, Romania.

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.

Ernest Simon

b. 1930 in Eisenstadt
d. 2023 in London
Childhood in Eisenstadt
1939 Kindertransport to England.
from 1960 international career in various European countries.
2001 England.

Kurt Simon

b. 1933 in Eisenstadt
Childhood in Eisenstadt
1939 Escape to England.
1974 Emigration to Israel.
2002 Return to England.

Andrew Spiegl

b. 1919 in Mosonmagyaróvár
d. 2017 in Encino, USA
Childhood in Zurndorf
1939 Escape to the USA.

Fritz Spiegl

b. 1926 in Zurndorf
d. 2003 in Liverpool
Childhood in Zurndorf
1939 Kindertransport to England.

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.

Joseph Paul Weber

b. 1922 in Oberwart
d. 2008 in Pacifica/CA
Childhood in Oberwart
1939 Escape to Shanghai.
1947 Emigration to Bolivia.
1952 USA.

Josef Weiszberger

b. 1917 in Mattersburg
d. ?
Childhood in Mattersburg
1938 Escape to Palestine.


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