Charlotte Fritz
Encyclopedia
Charlotte Fritz is an Austrian
Righteous Among the Nations
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She lived together with her sister Edeltrud Becher who was engaged to a Jew. When two executives of the Gestapo
showed up and asked for Edeltrud's fiancé, Charlotte denied any presence of the man who lived with his brothers in Prague
at that time. When the brothers of Edeltrud's fiancé came from Prague to Vienna
, Charlotte was able to convince an officer at the Vienna Police Department to destroy the file that incriminated Edeltrud's fiancé. Furthermore Charlotte organized shelters in Vienna for the brothers.
After the war she married someone whose last name was Fritz.
Austrians
Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....
Righteous Among the Nations
Righteous Among the Nations
Righteous among the Nations of the world's nations"), also translated as Righteous Gentiles is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis....
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She lived together with her sister Edeltrud Becher who was engaged to a Jew. When two executives of the Gestapo
Gestapo
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
showed up and asked for Edeltrud's fiancé, Charlotte denied any presence of the man who lived with his brothers in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
at that time. When the brothers of Edeltrud's fiancé came from Prague to Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Charlotte was able to convince an officer at the Vienna Police Department to destroy the file that incriminated Edeltrud's fiancé. Furthermore Charlotte organized shelters in Vienna for the brothers.
After the war she married someone whose last name was Fritz.
Links
- http://www.yad-vashem.org.il/righteous/index_righteous.html
- http://www.gedenkdienst.org/deutsch/gerechte/inhalt.php (German)