Edith Hauer
Encyclopedia
Edith Hauer-Frischmuth (born 1913 in Vienna
; died 2004 in Altaussee
) was an Austrian
Righteous Among the Nations
.
She saved her Jewish friend, Monika Taylor, from being arrested by the Gestapo
in 1942.
In the Austrian resistance
she supplied Jews with fake documents and helped them to get out of the country.
At the end of the war she also worked for the British Army
for what she got an award for her activity.
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
; died 2004 in Altaussee
Altaussee
Altaussee is a small alpine Austrian village, nestled on the shores of the Altaussee lake, beneath the Loser Plateau. Occupying an area of 92 km², the village is home to 1,888 people. Altaussee is within the Salzkammergut region, in the state of Styria....
) was 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....
.
She saved her Jewish friend, Monika Taylor, from being arrested by the Gestapo
Gestapo
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
in 1942.
In the Austrian resistance
Austrian resistance
The Austrian resistance to the Nazi rule that started with the Anschluss in 1938 had a prehistory of socialist and communist activism against the era of Austrofascism from 1934. These activists, limited primarily to adherents of the political far left, operated in isolation from the Austrian...
she supplied Jews with fake documents and helped them to get out of the country.
At the end of the war she also worked for the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
for what she got an award for her activity.
Links
- http://www.yad-vashem.org.il/righteous/index_righteous.html
- Israel honors 2 Austrians (Edith Hauer and Franz LeitnerFranz LeitnerFranz Leitner is a former Austrian motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the 1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Austria. He is a only Austrian who rode in Speedway Grand Prix series.- Speedway Grand Prix results :- World Championships :...
) *German*