Ludwig Sölder

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Ludwig Sölder (born February 3, 1921 - † May 2, 2010 ) was an Austrian civil servant who was honored by the State of Israel for protecting two Jewish women during the Nazi era.

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War effort

In 1943 the Tyrolean Ludwig Sölder from Thaur in Yugoslavia saved two Jewish women from death. At the age of 21 he served as a lieutenant in the Wehrmacht with an infantry division in Crkvenica ( Croatia ). Here he was given the task of moving around the house of two Jewish women (mother and daughter) in one night and arresting them both. The women were assumed to be in contact with partisans and to give them shelter.

Sölder ordered the soldiers back. He ordered the younger woman to come to him for questioning the following morning. After the questioning, the lieutenant was convinced of the innocence of the women. He issued the two of them, Zlata Schulteiss and her aunt Rosa Wagner, with a "declaration of repudiation". This was stamped with the company . This enabled mother and daughter to survive the war safely. He was aware of the dangerousness of his actions.

Education

After the war, Sölder began his studies at the Leopold Franzens University in Innsbruck and joined the KÖHV Leopoldina Innsbruck in the ÖCV , whose first senior he became after the Second World War . During his school days he became a member of the KÖStV Sternkorona Hall . He remained a member of his student associations all his life .

In the old town hall of Innsbruck , Sölder (meanwhile councilor of the Tyrolean provincial government) was honored by the State of Israel and the Israelite religious community in Innsbruck on August 3, 1986 for his actions in 1943. Zlata Schulteiss took part in the ceremony. It was not recognized as " Righteous Among the Nations ", the Israeli memorial site Yad Vashem justifies this with the fact that he did not expose himself to any danger in his assistance.

Sölder died on May 2nd, 2010 in Thaur, where he was buried. Representatives of the Israelite religious community took part in the Catholic service.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ÖCV-Gesamtverzeichnis 2009, S. IV-572, Le 1945, SKH 1937
  2. ↑ Die Gerechte Österreichs - A Documentation of Humanity, Mosche Meisels, 1996, pp. 92–93

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personal data
SURNAME Sölder, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1921
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 2010