Oskar heart

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Oskar Herz (born September 18, 1866 in Csorna ( Hungary ); declared dead after deportation in 1941 in 1947) was a Lower Austrian entrepreneur and local politician in the market town of Guntramsdorf .

Career

From 1875 the Wilhelm and Bertha Herz family lived with their sons Oskar and Victor, tenants of the estate, in the market town of Guntramsdorf. Oskar Herz later took over the family business and at times employed up to 200 people.

Herz was heavily involved in local politics and was also a councilor for the market town of Guntramsdorf. In 1900 he was considered the most important business operator in his home community. Among other things, he was the owner and operator of the Guntramsdorfer dairy, the Herz-Mühle, today Assmannmühle, and in addition to the aforementioned estate, he was also the tenant of the Richardhof in the Anninger area.

From 1901 to 1919, Herz was a member of the Guntramsdorf municipal council for three consecutive terms.

In 1920 he was granted honorary citizenship in Guntramsdorf for "notable services .. in the field of public welfare", but withdrawn again in 1938 "because it contradicted National Socialist principles". In neither of the minutes of the meeting are there any details about the award or withdrawal.

According to the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien , Herz was deported to Minsk on November 28, 1941 . At the instigation of his son Wilhelm, he was pronounced dead in Austria in 1947.

In Guntramsdorf u. a. the so-called Herzteich to the Herz family and to Oskar Herz in particular.

Honors

  • 1907: Appointment to the Council of Commerce
  • 1920: Honorary citizen of the market town of Guntramsdorf (revoked in 1938)
  • 2006: Renewed posthumous award of honorary citizenship of the market town of Guntramsdorf
  • 2013: Installation of a memorial plaque on a building that was erected on the site of the former estate

literature

  • Josef Knoll: Chronicle of Guntramsdorf. 5th edition, 1989. Mention of Herz on pages 82/83 and 96/97
  • choice. The community magazine 10/2013 (Guntramsdorfer community newspaper).
  • Ilse Reiter: Gustav Harpner (1864-1924): from anarchist defender to lawyer for the republic. Mention of Herz on page 481.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Negotiating document of the regular public council meeting of the market town of Guntramsdorf on July 29, 1920
  2. ↑ Negotiating paper on the meeting of the community board and the community advisory board on May 13, 1938
  3. ↑ According to the telephone conversation between the archivist of the market town of Guntramsdorf and the archive of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde
  4. ↑ Negotiating paper on the meeting of the municipal council on September 21, 2006 (PDF; 158 kB), accessed on October 3, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Heart, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Csorna
DATE OF DEATH 20th century