Karl Neumann (physician)
Karl Neumann (born March 22, 1890 in Liesing , today Vienna ; died October 28, 1944 in the Auschwitz concentration camp ) was an Austrian doctor . He was murdered in the course of the Holocaust together with his wife Bertha and his youngest son Klaus in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Life
Karl Neumann was born in Liesing as the eldest of six children of the doctor and honorary citizen of Liesing Johann Jakob Adalbert Neumann (after whom Dr. Johann-Jakob-Neumann-Steig is named) and his wife Leopoldine, née Giegl, and worked there as a community doctor and dentist. He particularly took care of home nursing and childcare . With personal means he bought the first ambulance for Liesing. His father was the initiator and founding member of the Liesing gymnastics club, and his portrait hangs in the gallery of honorary citizens in the ballroom of the Liesing district office. Karl Neumann fell victim to the Nazi regime's racial madness . He had to close his ordination, leave his hometown Liesing and move with his wife and child to Leopoldstadt in Vienna . His two older children managed to flee abroad. Karl Neumann, his wife Bertha Neumann , née Kunreuther (born on February 22, 1893 in Frankfurt / Main ), a political scientist , and their son Klaus Neumann (born on January 26, 1932 in Liesing) moved to Theresienstadt on June 24, 1943 deported .
On October 28, 1944, Karl Neumann, his wife Bertha and their 12-year-old son Klaus were murdered in the gas chamber in Auschwitz.
Commemoration
An alley and a memorial stone bear the name of Karl Neumann:
- On February 15, 1949, the former Badhausgasse was turned into Dr. Renamed Neumann-Gasse .
- In front of the Neumann family's last residence at Dirmhirngasse 25 in Vienna-Liesing , a memorial stone was laid by the Stones of Remembrance Initiative in Liesing on June 13, 2013 ; the three names can also be found in the list of Liesinger victims of National Socialism 1938-1945 .
Identical names
It has the same name as another Viennese victim of the Nazi regime: The saddler and resistance fighter Karl Neumann (1875-1940) was arrested together with his wife Christine Neumann on May 22, 1939 for the "crime of spying", then by the Vienna Gestapo interrogated, remained in custody until April 20, 1940 and was released for incapacity. He passed away shortly afterwards.
Sources and literature
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna . Vienna: Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau 1992–2004
- Karl Neumann in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Vienna City and State Archives : Regional Court for Civil Law Matters, A 26 - Declarations of death: 48T 2369/48 and 48T 2371/48, both from March 11, 1949
- Vienna City and State Archives : District Court Innere Stadt: Estate: 3 A 206/49 and 3 A 207/49
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Autengruber : Lexicon of Viennese street names. Meaning, origin, background information, previous designation (s). Vienna Pichler-Verlag, 9th edition 2014
- ↑ Liesingen Victims of National Socialism 1938 - 1945 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 25, 2015
- ↑ Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance : No longer anonymous ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , with three photos of the saddler Karl Neumann from the identification file of the Gestapo Vienna, accessed on June 25, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neumann, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian doctor and victim of the Holocaust |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liesing , today Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1944 |
| Place of death | Auschwitz concentration camp |