Maria Stocker
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Maria Stocker
was born in Innsbruck
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In 1945, during World War II she saved the life of two Jewish girls, from Poland
– Lorraine Jusman-Visnicki and Mirjam Fuchs. For the effort, she made at the risk of her life, she is now a Righteous among the Nations
.
On January the 18th 1945, an order arrived at the prison of Innsbruck which said that all occupants – among them also these two Jewish girls - should be moved to the KZ Bergen-Belsen
.
Maria Stocker hosted Lorraine Jusman-Visnicki and Mirjam Fuchs, through the petition of the criminal investigation officer Rudi Moser, in her apartment and hid them.
Although that she was aware of the danger caused by hiding two Jewish refugees from the prison in her apartment, she still agreed immediately. When the two girls arrived at her apartment, she hugged them with the words: „Thank God, that you are here, my beloved children.“ But after a few weeks the two girls had to change their accommodation, because the Gestapo
were hot on their trail.
In 1980 Maria Stocker was awarded the honorary title „Righteous among the Nations“ of the Jerusalem memorial Yad Vashem
.
was born in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
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In 1945, during World War II she saved the life of two Jewish girls, from Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
– Lorraine Jusman-Visnicki and Mirjam Fuchs. For the effort, she made at the risk of her life, she is now 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....
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On January the 18th 1945, an order arrived at the prison of Innsbruck which said that all occupants – among them also these two Jewish girls - should be moved to the KZ 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...
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Maria Stocker hosted Lorraine Jusman-Visnicki and Mirjam Fuchs, through the petition of the criminal investigation officer Rudi Moser, in her apartment and hid them.
Although that she was aware of the danger caused by hiding two Jewish refugees from the prison in her apartment, she still agreed immediately. When the two girls arrived at her apartment, she hugged them with the words: „Thank God, that you are here, my beloved children.“ But after a few weeks the two girls had to change their accommodation, because 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...
were hot on their trail.
In 1980 Maria Stocker was awarded the honorary title „Righteous among the Nations“ of the Jerusalem memorial 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....
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