Maria Steiner
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Maria Steiner is an Austrian
honored as one of the Righteous among the nations
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Maria Steiner lived in Vienna
and in 1942 she housed the Jewess Hedwig Mendelsohn within her house.
Hedwig Mendelssohn, chased by the Gestapo
, was in danger to get arrested and to be deported. She asked the nearby living Maria Steiner, who in no time said yes to shelter her. Hedwig's husband Dr. Leopold Mendelsohn emigrated to Argentina
in 1942, but because Hedwig had married him in 1941 only she wasn't able to get the necessary emigration papers together with him. Therefore she stayed in Vienna alone. Her emigrationpapers came when she already was chased by the Gestapo.
Maria Steiner hid Hedwig Mendelsohn although the janitor and the Gestapo controlled her often. She hid her for 3 years, until the end of the war, by doing this she saved Hedwigs life. After the war Hedwig followed her husband to Argentina.
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....
honored as one of the 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....
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Maria Steiner lived in Vienna
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...
and in 1942 she housed the Jewess Hedwig Mendelsohn within her house.
Hedwig Mendelssohn, chased 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...
, was in danger to get arrested and to be deported. She asked the nearby living Maria Steiner, who in no time said yes to shelter her. Hedwig's husband Dr. Leopold Mendelsohn emigrated to Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
in 1942, but because Hedwig had married him in 1941 only she wasn't able to get the necessary emigration papers together with him. Therefore she stayed in Vienna alone. Her emigrationpapers came when she already was chased by the Gestapo.
Maria Steiner hid Hedwig Mendelsohn although the janitor and the Gestapo controlled her often. She hid her for 3 years, until the end of the war, by doing this she saved Hedwigs life. After the war Hedwig followed her husband to Argentina.