Anna Strasser
Anna Strasser (born April 15, 1921 in St. Valentin ; † May 17, 2010 in St. Peter ) was an Austrian resistance fighter against National Socialism .
Life
After completing a commercial apprenticeship, Anna Strasser worked in the accounting department of the Mauthausen warehouse community from 1939. Her workplace was near the train station, where prisoners from Mauthausen concentration camp were used for forced labor . Strasser secretly provided them with food. In 1942 she was conscripted into the Nibelungenwerk in St. Valentin. She also helped forced laborers there. In autumn 1944 she was arrested by the Gestapo and taken to various prisons. She was to be sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp for high treason . Instead, however, she was sent to the Oberlanzendorf labor education camp . Strasser fell seriously ill, but was saved by a doctor who was also active in the resistance. She was released on April 1, 1945. After the war she worked as a representative for the “ Persil ” brand and from 1965 to 1981 as a secretary at the “Marian Missionary Organization”.
Awards and honors
In 1999 Anna Strasser was made an honorary citizen of St. Valentin. In 2008 she was honored by the “Austrian Social Forum” in St. Peter and dedicated a Tyrolean hour coin to her. In 2010, a square on the site of the former Nibelungen factory in the Herzograd district, on which there is also a memorial for the St. Valentin-Herzograd satellite camp, was named after Strasser. In 2013, a memorial plaque was placed on the birthplace of Anna Strasser.
Movie
- Silent heroes - civil courage in World War II. ORF III documentary, first broadcast November 18, 2017.
literature
- Anna Strasser: factual report March 1938 - May 1945 , St. Valentin 1982 ( online )
Web links
- Literature by and about Anna Strasser in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ aigenbauer.at. Retrieved July 5, 2012 .
- ↑ Kurt Daucher: Resistance fighter died at the age of 89. In: nachrichten.at . Retrieved July 9, 2019 .
- ↑ a b mmw.at. (PDF; 207 kB) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 5, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Niederösterreichische Nachrichten, May 26, 2010.
- ↑ Ceremony at the Austrian Social Forum: Honoring people in the resistance. In: unterguggenberger.org. Retrieved July 9, 2019 .
- ^ Niederösterreichische Nachrichten, May 11, 2010.
- ↑ Oliver Wurz: memorial plaque unveiled in St. Valentin. In: mein district.at. November 2, 2013, accessed July 9, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strasser, Anna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian resistance fighter and Nazi victim |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Valentine |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 2010 |
| Place of death | St. Peter |