Edi Stecher
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Edi Stecher is a Viennese
Righteous among the Nations
. He received this honorary title in 1984 for harbouring the Jewish woman Melvine Deutsch.
Deutsch was in a camp of forced labors
of the Siemens
company in Vienna. When she was deported to the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
, she fled from the train and came to Vienna, where she received help from Anna Manzer.
The Gestapo
did not give up finding Melvine Deutsch. When she was in danger at Manzer’s place, she went to her brother Edi Stecher, where she stayed several months hidden from the Gestapo
.
Stecher and Manzer did not have enough allotted food, after they harboured Deutsch, and received help from their parents, in whose apartment she was also brought from times to times, when the Gestapo searched the district. Deutsch safely left the apartment after the liberation.
The parents Ludwig and Anna Friessnegg
and the sister Anna Manzer are Austrian
Righteous among the Nations
as well.
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...
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....
. He received this honorary title in 1984 for harbouring the Jewish woman Melvine Deutsch.
Deutsch was in a camp of forced labors
Forced labor in Germany during World War II
The use of forced labour in Nazi Germany and throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II took place on an unprecedented scale. It was a vital part of the German economic exploitation of conquered territories. It also contributed to the mass extermination of populations in German-occupied...
of the Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
company in Vienna. When she was deported to the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
Mauthausen Concentration Camp grew to become a large group of Nazi concentration camps that was built around the villages of Mauthausen and Gusen in Upper Austria, roughly east of the city of Linz.Initially a single camp at Mauthausen, it expanded over time and by the summer of 1940, the...
, she fled from the train and came to Vienna, where she received help from Anna Manzer.
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...
did not give up finding Melvine Deutsch. When she was in danger at Manzer’s place, she went to her brother Edi Stecher, where she stayed several months hidden from 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...
.
Stecher and Manzer did not have enough allotted food, after they harboured Deutsch, and received help from their parents, in whose apartment she was also brought from times to times, when the Gestapo searched the district. Deutsch safely left the apartment after the liberation.
The parents Ludwig and Anna Friessnegg
Anna Friessnegg
During the National Socialist dictatorship the Viennese Anna Friessnegg , together with her husband Ludwig interceded on behalf of the persecuted Jews. Since 1984 she is an Austrian Righteous among the Nations....
and the sister Anna Manzer are Austrian
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....
as well.