Anna Hackl
Anna Hackl (* 1931 ) is an old farmer in Schwertberg , whose family gave shelter to concentration camp inmates who had fled during the Nazi era .
In the middle of the "Mühlviertel hare hunt"
The Langthaler family, who live on a farm in Schwertberg, killed two Soviet prisoners of war from Ukraine, Mikhail Rybtschinskij († 2008) and Nikolai Zimkalo († 2001), who had escaped from the Mauthausen concentration camp , at risk for their own lives from the 2nd of February 1945 February 1945 hid for three months on her farm in Winden, Schwertberg parish. The men were not betrayed even when the SS and Volkssturm came to the farm. At that time, more than 500 prisoners escaped, only eleven survived this escape in freezing temperatures and constant persecution by the SS. Most of the fugitives were caught and shot on the spot. The events went down in history as the " Mühlviertel Hare Hunt ".
Anna Hackl, then 14, was born. Langthaler, also accepted the honors of recent years for her late mother, Anna Langthaler. Anna Hackl, married and mother of five children, has been going to around 30 schools every year for many decades to tell young people about the horrors and difficulties of that time. Andreas Gruber has processed scenes from the heroic deed of the Langthaler family in his film Hasenjagd - Out of sheer cowardice there is no mercy .
Awards
- 2005: Human rights award of the State of Upper Austria presented by Governor Josef Pühringer .
- 2011: Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria : National Council President Barbara Prammer performed the ceremony in Pragstein Castle , where, in addition to numerous relatives and friends, Willi Mernyi , Chairman of the Mauthausen Committee Austria , Member of the National Council Kurt Gaßner , Member of the State Parliament Gertraud Jahn , Mauthausen Mayor Thomas Punkenhofer and film director Andreas Gruber took part.
- 2018: "Order of the Miraculous St. Nicholas" of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. ( https://www.nachrichten.at/oberoesterreich/Frau-Hackl-und-der-Botschafter-Sie-haben-zwei-meiner-Landsfolk-gerettet;art4,2933886 )
literature
- Anna Hackl: As a child I experienced what would later become known as the Mühlviertel hare hunt in: Eurojournal Linz-Mühlviertel-Böhmerwald, year 8, issue 2, 2002
- Walter Kohl : A mother is waiting for you too - The Langthaler family in the midst of the Mühlviertel hare hunt, Stein Maßl publishing house, Edition Geschichte der Heimat, Grünbach 2005, ISBN 3902427248
Individual evidence
- ↑ State correspondence No. 231 of October 4, 2005 Queryed on February 25, 2011
- ↑ OÖN: Decoration of Honor for Anna Hackl , from February 23, 2011 query from February 25, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hackl, Anna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Langthaler, Anna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian farmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1931 |