Ludwig Semrad

Ludwig Semrad (* 1907 in Teschen ; † December 7, 1984 ) was an Austrian tobacco manufacturer and was honored in 1979 as Righteous Among the Nations .

Life

In 1941 he was entrusted with the management of a Polish cigarette factory that was previously owned by Jews and was confiscated. There he left the management of the Reuven Wolkowitz factory to the Jewish director. However, he tried to employ as many Jewish laborers as possible in order to protect them from deportation to various concentration camps . In June 1944 the Gestapo began to persecute him. With further help for the Jewish prisoners, he exposed himself to danger and suffered financial losses. Since he stayed in Poland after the end of the war, he received financial compensation. Before that, however, because he was a German citizen, he was taken to a concentration camp in Poland. His release could only be obtained with great effort and with many testimonies. Immediately after his release, he and his wife moved to Salzburg, and later to Vienna as a bank director. On January 11, 1979, he was awarded the Righteousness Among the Nations award.

His wife, Wanda Semrad , is also an Austrian Righteous Among the Nations and worked with the Polish underground during wartime.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Data on yadvashem.org, accessed on February 25, 2014.
↑ Dāniyyêl Frenqel, Jacob Borut: Encyclopedia of the Righteous Among the Nations: German and Austrians, Volume 1 , Wallenstein Verlag 2005, ISBN 3-89244-900-7 , p 360 ( PDF )
↑ Ludwig Semrad on the website of Yad Vashem (English)
↑ Ludwig Semrad rescued over 50 Jews ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2014 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. on lettertothestars.at, accessed on February 25, 2014. @1@ 2

^ Ludwig and Wanda Semrad Files 1531 pp. 359-360 on books.google.de, accessed on February 25, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Semrad, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian Righteous Among the Nations
DATE OF BIRTH	1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	Teschen
DATE OF DEATH	7th December 1984

[1] Data on yadvashem.org, accessed on February 25, 2014.

[2] Dāniyyêl Frenqel, Jacob Borut: Encyclopedia of the Righteous Among the Nations: German and Austrians, Volume 1 , Wallenstein Verlag 2005, ISBN 3-89244-900-7 , p 360 ( PDF )

[3] Ludwig Semrad on the website of Yad Vashem (English)

[4] Ludwig Semrad rescued over 50 Jews ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2014 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. on lettertothestars.at, accessed on February 25, 2014. @1@ 2

[5] Ludwig and Wanda Semrad Files 1531 pp. 359-360 on books.google.de, accessed on February 25, 2014.