Friederike Buchegger
The Viennese Friederike Buchegger (partly also Friedericke Buchegger ) is an Austrian Righteous Among the Nations . She was instrumental in rescuing the Czech Jew Walter Posiles and his brothers Hans and Ludwig from deportation to the Theresienstadt concentration camp .
Walter Posiles and Edeltrud Becher from Vienna had been charged with " racial disgrace ". Through her contacts with an officer of the Vienna police, Friedericke Buchegger was able to have the incriminating files destroyed. Nevertheless, the brothers had to continue to live underground. In 1942 Friedericke took Walter's brother Ludwig into his home and hid him. In August 1942 Walter fell seriously ill with pneumonia and pleurisy. Friedericke referred the doctor Ernst Pick. He was ready to treat Walter, who was critically ill, without admitting him to a hospital.
In 1978, Friederike Buchegger was named “Righteous Among the Nations” by the Israeli Holocaust Memorial Center Yad Vashem .
literature
- 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. 302 f.
Web links
- Friedericke Buchegger on the A Letter To The Stars project website
- Friedericke Buchegger on the Yad Vashem site
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buchegger, Friederike |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Buchegger, Friedericke |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Righteous Among the Nations |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century or 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |