Julius Madritsch
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Julius Madritsch
In 1964 Julius Madritsch was honoured as a “Righteous Among the Nations
” by Yad Vashem
.
In 1940 Julius Madritsch was called up to the German Wehrmacht
. Being a trained draper he was appointed trustee of two Jewish clothing manufactures in Krakow
. There he saved the lives of thousands of Jews and also sought to make their lives more bearable. Furthermore, he even set up new workshops in towns and camps like Plaszow, Bochnia
and Tarnow
to help as many Jews as possible.
He was arrested but soon released due to his close connections to SS soldiers
. Then he even managed to have another one hundred Jews added to Oskar Schindler
’s list. He was portrayed in the 1993 film Schindler's List
by Hans-Jörg Assmann.
In 1964 Julius Madritsch was honoured as a “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....
” by Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem is Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953 through the Yad Vashem Law passed by the Knesset, Israel's parliament....
.
In 1940 Julius Madritsch was called up to the German Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht
The Wehrmacht – from , to defend and , the might/power) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe .-Origin and use of the term:...
. Being a trained draper he was appointed trustee of two Jewish clothing manufactures in Krakow
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
. There he saved the lives of thousands of Jews and also sought to make their lives more bearable. Furthermore, he even set up new workshops in towns and camps like Plaszow, Bochnia
Bochnia
Bochnia is a town of 30,000 inhabitants on the river Raba in southern Poland. The town lies approximately in halfway [] between Tarnów and the regional capital Kraków . Bochnia is most noted for its salt mine, the oldest functioning in Europe, built circa 1248...
and Tarnow
Tarnów
Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 115,341 inhabitants as of June 2009. The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east-west connection...
to help as many Jews as possible.
He was arrested but soon released due to his close connections to SS soldiers
Schutzstaffel
The Schutzstaffel |Sig runes]]) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Built upon the Nazi ideology, the SS under Heinrich Himmler's command was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity during World War II...
. Then he even managed to have another one hundred Jews added to Oskar Schindler
Oskar Schindler
Oskar Schindler was an ethnic German industrialist born in Moravia. He is credited with saving over 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories, which were located in what is now Poland and the Czech Republic respectively.He is the subject of the...
’s list. He was portrayed in the 1993 film Schindler's List
Schindler's List
Schindler's List is a 1993 American film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and based on the novel Schindler's Ark...
by Hans-Jörg Assmann.