Erna music
Erna Musik (born April 17, 1921 in Vienna ; † March 8, 2009 there ) was an Austrian social democrat and Holocaust survivor.
Life
As a so-called “ half-Jew ” in Vienna, Erna Musik was involved in the Austrian resistance against National Socialism . After her arrest by the Gestapo , she was deported to the concentration camps in Auschwitz and Ravensbrück , where she was Rosa Jochmann's camp companion .
After she was able to survive the camp years, she returned to Vienna in 1945 and supported the reconstruction of the Socialist Youth and the SPÖ in Vienna- Brigittenau .
Through restitution , she got back her parents' embroidery and household textile production "aryanized" by the Nazis , became an entrepreneur and was involved in the free trade association. From this position, music became the first female social democrat to head a section in the Chamber of Commerce . In recognition of her work, she was awarded the title of Commercial Councilor.
As a contemporary witness of the concentration camp, she has been a sought-after contact person for young people since the post-war period. In the Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs she represented the interests of those persecuted by the Nazi regime in the Victims Welfare Commission .
Erna Musik was buried at the Stammersdorfer Zentralfriedhof (group 23, row 7, number 21) in Vienna. In 2014 the Erna-Musik-Gasse in Vienna- Floridsdorf (21st district) was named after her. In 2018, the municipal housing at Klosterneuburgerstraße 99 (20th district of Brigittenau ) was named Erna-Musik-Hof .
Honors
- Honorary Chairwoman of the Association of Social Democratic Freedom Fighters
- Golden Medal of the City of Vienna
- Gold medal for services to the Republic of Austria
- Decoration of honor for services to the liberation of Austria
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brigitte Bailer-Galanda : Jüdische Schicksale: Reports von Verfolten , 1992, p. 253
- ^ Die Presse : Resistance fighter Erna Musik died, March 11, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Music, Erna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Music, Ernestine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian politician (SPÖ) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 2009 |
| Place of death | Vienna |