Anton Dietz
Encyclopedia
Anton Dietz – who was born in Innsbruck
– is an Austrian
Righteous Among the Nations
.
On January 18, 1945 there was an order to bring all inmates of the prison of Innsbruck to the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen
. Five female Jews were planning to escape the prison. The two inspectors Karl Dickbauer and Anton Dietz supported them. Only two could manage to flee.
Anton Dietz then organized faked documents for the two women who were hiding. He pretended they were Christian
Poles
who lost their documents on their way to Austria
. This way they were able to receive operating sheet. They started working in a village in Salzburg
, St. Martin. Declared immigrant workers they survived the war.
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
– is an Austrian
Austrians
Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....
Righteous Among the Nations
Righteous Among the Nations
Righteous among the Nations of the world's nations"), also translated as Righteous Gentiles is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis....
.
On January 18, 1945 there was an order to bring all inmates of the prison of Innsbruck to the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Bergen-Belsen was a Nazi concentration camp in Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle...
. Five female Jews were planning to escape the prison. The two inspectors Karl Dickbauer and Anton Dietz supported them. Only two could manage to flee.
Anton Dietz then organized faked documents for the two women who were hiding. He pretended they were Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
Poles
Poles
thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
who lost their documents on their way to Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. This way they were able to receive operating sheet. They started working in a village in Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
, St. Martin. Declared immigrant workers they survived the war.
Links
- http://www1.yadvashem.org/righteous_new/index.html
- http://www.gedenkdienst.org/english/righteous/
- http://www.gedenkdienst.org/deutsch/gerechte/inhalt.php (German)