Erwin Lutz
Erwin Lutz (born January 5, 1908 in Bozen , † November 22, 1972 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian Righteous Among the Nations .
In 1944 the police officer Lutz worked as a chef in Innsbruck prison. Together with the Innsbruck police officer Rudi Moser , he decided to save five Polish Jewish women from deportation to a concentration camp . He convinced his superiors to get rid of the girls' papers and put them to work in his kitchen.
When the order arrived on January 18, 1945 to transport all inmates of the prison to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp , the escape of the girls from prison was planned. Two of the five Polish women managed to escape.
Erwin Lutz offered them his apartment, opposite at Ahornhof 3, as their first place of refuge.
Web links
- The righteous of Austria
- Erwin Lutz on the website of Yad Vashem (English)
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| SURNAME | Lutz, Erwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Righteous Among the Nations |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bolzano |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1972 |
| Place of death | innsbruck |