Nerina De Walderstein

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Nerina De Walderstein (born July 9, 1925 in Trieste , † February 27, 2011 in Trieste) was an Italian resistance fighter against National Socialism and survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp .

biography

De Walderstein came from a militant anti-fascist family and joined the resistance at a very young age .

Together with her brother she was part of the GAP Venezia ( Patriotic Action Group Venice ). On March 23, 1944, she was arrested in Trieste and locked up in the Villa Triste, where she was interrogated and tortured by fascists .

She was then taken to the Jesuit prison and then to that of Trieste, where she suffered further torture.

On June 21, 1944, De Walderstein was deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and registered there with prisoner number 82132.

After she was initially imprisoned in Auschwitz 1 and Birkenau, she was transferred to the Flossenbürg concentration camp on October 10, 1944, and finally to the Osram lightbulb factory in Plauen . Before leaving for Flossenbürg, De Walderstein defended two little girls from SS men and was injured in the head by one of the men’s rifle butts.

As a result of the Allied bombing of the factory , De Walderstein and her fellow prisoners were freed. Together with a group of other survivors, she fled a transit camp and returned to Italy on her own.

Since the 1950s, De Walderstein has been a very active contemporary witness , especially for young people . In 1952 she stole remains of ashes from a crematorium in Auschwitz-Birkenau, which are now exhibited in the Museum of Risiera di San Sabba .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.anpi.it/donne-e-uomini/2917/nerina-de-walderstein
  2. ↑ Unless otherwise stated, all information is taken from De Walderstein's certificate on RAI Educational (see "Weblinks")
  3. ↑ Gabriella Nocentini: Tutto questo va detto. La deportazione di Maria Rudolf , Portogruaro: nuova dimensione 2008, ISBN 9788889100554 , p. 26-27
personal data
SURNAME De Walderstein, Nerina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian resistance fighter against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Trieste
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 2011
Place of death Trieste