Edelmann family

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The Edelmann family , consisting of Fritz (Friedrich) Edelmann (* January 10, 1900 , † August 10, 1977 ), his wife Brigitte Edelmann (* 1903) and their daughter Brigitta Edelmann (* 1924, † 2010), saved during the time Nazism several Jews before the Holocaust and was honored as " Righteous Among the Nations ".

Fritz Edelmann was Mayor of Thondorf from 1927 to 1942 , Mayor of Gössendorf from 1942 to 1945 and 1950 to 1972 . The Styria was towards the end of the Second World War repeated walkover area for on the orders of Adolf Eichmann withdrawing westwards death marches of thousands of Jews . The community of Gössendorf in Styria was one of the innumerable transit stations for these marches.

At the beginning of 1945, a group of eight Jews who had escaped one of the marches hid in the forests of the area. They met Brigitte Edelmann near the town of Thondorf and risked asking for food and accommodation. Frau Edelmann promised them help and brought them home. With the end of the war in sight and the constant presence of soldiers from the German Wehrmacht in their house, the family decided to protect the eight Jewish refugees from attacks on their own farm. Their daughter Brigitta brought them water and food every day. After six weeks, when the Wehrmacht soldiers finally left, the eight refugees were able to leave their hiding place. Fritz Edelmann provided them with identification cards as well as sufficient money and food when they left.

For their courageous and selfless behavior during the last weeks of the Second World War, Fritz, Brigitte and Brigitta Edelmann were finally awarded the title “Righteous Among the Nations”.

Friedrich Edelmann was director of the Styrian Chamber of Agriculture in the 1960s and mayor of Gössendorf until November 24, 1972. He died on August 10, 1977.

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  1. ^ Daniel Fraenkel, Jakob Borut (ed.): Lexicon of the Righteous Among the Nations: Germans and Austrians . Wallstein Verlag , Göttingen 2005; ISBN 3-89244-900-7 ; P. 307
  2. ^ Daniel Fraenkel, Jakob Borut (ed.): Lexicon of the Righteous Among the Nations: Germans and Austrians . Wallstein Verlag , Göttingen 2005; ISBN 3-89244-900-7 ; P. 307

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  • Daniel Fraenkel, Jakob Borut (ed.): Lexicon of the Righteous Among the Nations: Germans and Austrians . Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2005; ISBN 3-89244-900-7 ; P. 307.

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