Maria Stocker
Maria Stocker (born February 7, 1885 in Bruneck , † June 20, 1969 in Innsbruck ) was a native of Innsbruck who helped save the lives of two Polish Jewish girls - Leokadia Justman-Wisńicki and Mirjam Fuchs - in 1945. For her work, which she carried out at her own risk, she was included in the list of Righteous Among the Nations .
process
On January 18, 1945, the Innsbruck prison received an order to transport all inmates of the prison - including the two Jewish girls - to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp .
The Austrian Maria Stocker took the two girls in at the request of the criminal investigator Rudi Moser and hid them there.
She was aware of the danger of hiding two Jewish refugees from prison in her apartment, but she agreed immediately. When the two girls arrived at their apartment, she hugged them with the words: "Thank God, you are here, my dear children". After a few weeks, however, the two Jewish women had to change apartments again because it turned out that the Gestapo was following their traces.
In 1980 Maria Stocker received the honorary title “Righteous Among the Nations” from the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem .
Web links
- The Righteous of Austria (page 23)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maria Stocker on the website of Yad Vashem (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stocker, Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian who took in Jewish refugees |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brunico |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th June 1969 |
| Place of death | innsbruck |