Therese Schreiber

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Therese Schreiber (born October 20, 1889 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm , † after 1960) was an Austrian Witness of Jehovah of German origin and a victim of National Socialism .

Life

Therese Schreiber moved from Bavaria to Vienna, where she was in contact with Bible Students from 1925, was baptized as a Bible Researcher in 1927 (referred to as Jehovah's Witness from 1931) in the Römerbad in Vienna and from then on was involved in the field service. She attended several congresses, including in the German Empire . She earned her living as a saleswoman in a sports and toy store. After the annexation of Austria , she refused to join the German Labor Front and was then dismissed.

Already in the clerical-fascist corporate state she had supported the underground activities of Jehovah's Witnesses and had been trained in working on a reproduction machine by their country manager August Kraft . She illegally copied and redistributed the watchtower and again found work in a shop. She was denounced and arrested by the Gestapo on October 31, 1939 , and taken to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in the spring of 1940 without trial . She was later acquitted by the Vienna Regional Court because she had not acted for political reasons, but the Gestapo took her again to “protective custody” at the Ravensbrück concentration camp. In the spring of 1943 she was taken to the St. Lambrecht concentration camp , a sub-camp of the Mauthausen concentration camp . There she was liberated by British troops on May 11, 1945.

After the Second World War , she remained loyal to the Jehovah's Witnesses, copied their literature again and headed a Bible study in Vienna's 10th district for several years .

literature

  • Isabella Girstmair: Therese Schreiber . In: Irmgard Aschbauer, Andreas Baumgartner, Isabella Girstmair (eds.): Freedom is in fact alone. Resistance to National Socialism for religious reasons. Biographies and contributions to the 2009 International Symposium . Edition Mauthausen, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-902605-17-7 , p. 153-155 .
  • Watchtower Bibel and Tract Society (ed.): History of Jehovah's Witnesses in Austria . Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Vienna 1989, p. 35-39 .
  • Anita Farkas: Bringing stories into life. The Bible Students of the St. Lambrecht women's concentration camp . CLIO Association for History & Educational Work, Graz 2004, ISBN 978-3-9500971-6-0 , p. 186-189 .

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personal data
SURNAME Schreiber, Therese
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Jehovah's Witness and victim of National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Pfaffenhofen on the Ilm
DATE OF DEATH after 1960