Oswald Bosko 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....

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The Viennese

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...

 bartender was a German

Germans

The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

 sergeant in the Jewish ghetto of 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...

. He supported Julius Madritsch

Julius Madritsch

Julius MadritschIn 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...

 in rescuing Jews

Jews

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 during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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Heroic deeds

In March 1943 the Nazis decided to liquidate the ghetto in Krakow and to deport all children who lived there in order to kill them. Oswald Bosko and Julius Madritsch helped hundreds of children to escape the ghetto. He also found people who were willing to house them temporarily.

After the liquidation of the ghetto Bosko looked for Jewish families that hid from the Nazis. Whoever he found he managed to bring to Madritsch's textile factory. Then he organized a rescue.

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...

found out about the rescue. Bosko got arrested, accused and then killed on 18 September 1944.

External links

• http://www1.yadvashem.org/righteous_new/index.html
• http://www.gedenkdienst.org/english/righteous/
• http://www.gedenkdienst.org/deutsch/gerechte/inhalt.php (German)