Paul Winterstein
Paul Winterstein (born April 14, 1876 in Gitschin (Bohemia), † May 25, 1945 in Theresienstadt , Czechoslovakia) was an Austrian professional officer.
Life
After attending secondary school, Winterstein, the youngest brother of Robert Winterstein , attended the Austro-Hungarian Technical Military Academy and the Austro-Hungarian War School in Vienna . Winterstein was a career officer from 1896. During the First World War he was a lieutenant colonel in the Austro-Hungarian army from 1915 and a colonel in the general staff from 1917 . First he was with the VII Corps Command and then as Chief of Staff of the Innsbruck Rifle Division (probably 44th Landw-InfTrDiv). He later worked as a department head at the Imperial and Royal Ministry of National Defense and commanded field artillery regiments 13 (Sopron) and 32 (Lemberg) .
In the Third Reich, Winterstein was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto because of his Jewish origins , where he arrived on October 10, 1942. His brother Max was also deported there. In Theresienstadt, Winterstein was known as a "prominent prisoner". Winterstein died of pneumonia in Theresienstadt in May 1945 shortly after the ghetto was liberated by the Red Army .
Awards
- Iron Cross 2nd class
- Order of the Iron Crown II. And III. Class, war decoration with swords
- Leopold Order Knight's Cross, war decoration with swords
- Military Merit Cross III. Class, war decoration with swords
- Military Merit Cross III. class
- Silver and bronze war merit medal , war decoration
- Officer's Cross of the Red Cross , war decoration
- Karl-Troop Cross
- Military Jubilee Cross 1908
- Military Jubilee Medal 1898
- Tyrolean national defense medal
- Austrian War Medal and Hungarian War Medal
literature
- Werner Winterstein: Note: Prominent. The history of the Winterstein family 1867-1945 , Böhlau Vienna 2008, ISBN 3-205-78180-5 .
- Axel Feuss: The Theresienstadt-Konvolut , Altonaer Museum in Hamburg, Dölling and Galitz Verlag, Hamburg / Munich 2002, ISBN 3-935549-22-9
Web links
- Short biography of Winterstein at www.ghetto-theresienstadt.info
- Picture of Paul Winterstein in the celebrity album
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winterstein, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian professional officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gitschin (Bohemia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1945 |
| Place of death | Theresienstadt , Czechoslovakia |