Moritz Daublebsky-Sterneck

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Moritz Daublebsky-Sterneck (born February 29, 1912 in Wagstadt , † January 10, 1986 in Vomp ) was an Austrian Righteous Among the Nations from the Daublebsky von Sterneck family .

Origin and education

Moritz Georg Josef Franz Maria Freiherr Daublebsky von Sterneck was the son of Moritz Jakob Freiherr Daublebsky von Sterneck (1871–1917) and his wife Maria, nee. Baron Salvadori von Wiesenhof (1872–1962). He studied law and graduated as Dr. jur.

Second World War

Dr. Daublebsky-Sterneck was an officer in the Wehrmacht in Slovakia and owned a house with his relatives in the village of Borčice .

When the Wehrmacht invaded Slovakia, the Viennese Jew Magdalena Livia Dubnicka fled with her mother in Slovakia to the mountains. They hoped to find the way to the partisans there. On their escape they came to the village of Borčice. They turned to Daublebsky-Sterneck, whose relatives were friends with the two refugees, for help. He agreed to give them shelter in his house, even though he knew that hiding Jews would be punishable by death.

For a long time he looked after the Jewish women hidden in his house. One day he explained to them that a villager noticed them and suspected they were Jews. Magdalena and her mother were afraid to stay in his house. They decided to return to their hometown in the hope that the Germans would have given up looking for them. Dr. Daublebsky-Sterneck told them that the only way out of the village was to cross a bridge over the river Waag . However, they are guarded by German soldiers. That's why Dr. Daublebsky-Sterneck put on his Wehrmacht uniform and accompanied the two Jewish women across the bridge under cover of night.

The bridge was successfully crossed, but shortly afterwards Magdalena and her mother were discovered and arrested by the Germans. They were transferred to the Ravensbrück concentration camp , where their mother died. Magdalena was later transferred to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and was liberated there.

Righteous among the peoples

For the help that Daublebsky-Sterneck gave to the two women, he was later recognized as " Righteous Among the Nations " and honored with a tree in Yad Vashem's garden .

literature

  • Mosche Meisels, The Righteous Austria. A documentation of humanity . Published by the Austrian Embassy in Tel Aviv 1996.
  • Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrliche Häuser , 91st year, 1941

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ There is at least one serious mistake in this book. In the story about HR Dr. Arthur Lanc ("The Venipuncture Needle") is presented as an "active social democrat". The one honored in Yad Vashem was a committed ÖCVer (KÖHV Nordgau Wien) and MKVer (KMV Leopoldina Gmünd). After the war he headed the Gmünder district circle of the CV for years.

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personal data
SURNAME Daublebsky-Sterneck, Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Daublebsky von Sterneck, Moritz Georg Josef Franz Maria Freiherr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Righteous Among the Nations
DATE OF BIRTH February 29, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Wagstadt
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1986
Place of death Vomp