Liesl Geisler

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Liesl Geisler-Scharfetter (née Unterwurzacher) (born November 24, 1905 in Krimml ; † 1985 ) was the landlady of the Krimmler Tauernhaus in the Krimmler Achental region in Austria .

Certificate of Honor from the Jewish Agency for Israel

In the summer of 1947 Liesl Geisler helped more than 5,000 Eastern European Jews during escape attempts , by the escape aid organization Bricha were conducted by over Italy to Palestine to arrive. Starting from the Givat Avoda camp , the refugees were brought in groups of 200 to 300 people via the municipality of Krimml , past the Krimml waterfalls , through the Achental to the Krimmler Tauernhaus, and after a rest, continued over the border crossing to Italy, over the approximately 2600 meters high Krimmler Tauern to flee.

Geisler expressed himself in undated handwritten memories about this time:

“Then came 1947. The migration of Jews over the Tauern. Often 200 to 300 came a day, just cooked and warmed up in the laundry room. There were poor people with them, they didn't even have a rucksack, there were small children, they had them on their backs in a box, the house was often full. During the night I cooked flour pasta for the poor children, and groups came during the night. "

In 2009 she was posthumously awarded a certificate of honor from the Jewish Agency for Israel . Doraja Eberle from the ÖVP announced in 2007 that the State of Salzburg was planning to award a Liesl-Geisler Prize for Humanity. Eberle's response to an inquiry in the state parliament in 2009 revealed that the preparations for a “Salzburg Humanitarian Award” should be completed by the end of 2010, although it was still open whether the award should bear her name. In October 2010, however, Eberle announced her resignation.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In memory of Liesl Geisler-Scharfetter [sic!] On Alpine peace crossing, accessed on April 2, 2016
  2. ↑ Baptismal Register - TFBIII | Krimml | Salzburg, rk. Diocese | Austria | Matricula Online. Retrieved October 31, 2018 .
  3. ↑ quoted from: Harald Waitzbauer : Over the mountains - towards the promised land. The "escape of Jews" over the Krimmler Tauern 60 years ago as part of the great Jewish exodus from Eastern Europe to Palestine. P. 7, online (PDF; 98 kB)
  4. ↑ Thomas Neuhold: Israel honors Fluchthelferin, In: Der Standard , print edition of July 3, 2009
  5. ↑ Doraja Eberle belongs to her family again ( Memento from December 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) , Salzburger Nachrichten, October 28, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Geisler, Liesl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Geisler-Scharfetter, Liesl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian escape helper, landlady of the Krimmler Tauernhaus
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Krimml
DATE OF DEATH 1985