Therese Zauser
Chinese style dressing gown from the estate of Therese Zauser ( vorarlberg museum , Reinhard Häfele collection)
Therese Zauser (* 1905 in Feldkirch , † 1942 in Ravensbrück ) was an Austrian variety and expression dancer.
Therese Zauser, who comes from a family of civil servants in Feldkirch, appeared in the 1930s under the stage name “Therese Judith” on tours through the Middle East, North Africa and West Africa. Her brother Karl Zauser was a member of the trapeze group "The 5 Artonis" at the Sarrasani circus .
In 1941 Therese Zauser was arrested after a statement critical of the regime (“Nobody takes me to an armaments factory”) and murdered in the Ravensbrück concentration camp the following year .
Web links
- Hittisau Women's Museum (with portrait photography)
- Gramophone from Zauser's possession with biographical information
Individual evidence
- ↑ kath-kirche-vorarlberg.at
- ^ Exhibition texts in the permanent exhibition "Sein & Mein" in the vorarlberg museum , Bregenz, August 2013
- ^ Hittisau Women's Museum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zauser, Therese |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Judith, Therese |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian variety and expression dancer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Feldkirch |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1942 |
| Place of death | Ravensbrück |