Defreggerstrasse 12

At Defreggerstrasse 12 Wolf Meier Turteltaub lived together with his wife Amalie, née Wolfart, their children Fritz and Eva (Alloggi) and their four grandchildren. Amalie's brother Julius Schrager his wife Saly, née Schneider, and their sons David and Paul also lived there.

Wolf Meier Turteltaub was brutally beaten up that night and pulled by his legs down the stairways. He and his son Fritz, his grandson Aldo Alloggi as well as his brother-in-law Julius Schrager were taken to the Gestapo headquarters at Bienerstrasse 8 .

November 2008 © Thomas Kleissl

In December 1938 the extended familiy had to move to Vienna and tried to plan their escape from there. Fritz Turteltaub and Eva Alloggi were able to flee to England and Palestine respectively. With the help of their grandparents the 10-year-old Erich Weinreb and the 8-year-old Poldi Scharf managed to flee to Palestine, too.

Wolf Meier, his wife Amalie and their 10-year-old granddaughter were deported to the east and murdered in the Riga extermination camp.

Edmund Turteltaub and his wife Gertrud, née Popper, wanted to emigrate to Bolivia with their children but were arrested in Italy. Their sons Hans and Walter were gassed in Auschwitz in 1942, whilst Edmund and Gertrud had to do forced labour and died in the camp. Julius Schrager, his wife Saly and their son David were deported to Poland in 1942 and murdered in Maly Trostinec near Minks. The other son, Paul, succeeded in fleeing to Palestine in 1939.

Literature:

Martin Achrainer / Niko Hofinger - Die Turteltaubs: Eine Großfamilie zwischen jüdischer Tradition und österreichischem Alltag, in: Thomas Albrich (Hg.), „Wir lebten wie sie...“. Jüdische Lebensgeschichten aus Tirol und Vorarlberg, Haymon-Verlag Innsbruck 1999, S 147-164 Horst Schreiber - Die Turteltaubs: Das Schicksal einer jüdischen Großfamilie, in: Nationalsozialismus und Faschismus in Tirol und Südtirol - Opfer . Täter . Gegner, Tiroler Studien zu Geschichte und Politik, Michael-Gaismair-Gesellschaft, StudienVerlag 2008, S 286-288 Gad Hugo Sella - Die Juden Tirols - Ihr Leben und Schicksal, Israel 1979 Maria Luise Stainer - "Ich hab´mich gefühlt wie bei der Vertreibung aus dem Paradies" - Berichte Vertriebener aus Tirol, in: Thomas Albrich (Hg.), „Wir lebten wie sie...“. Jüdische Lebensgeschichten aus Tirol und Vorarlberg, Haymon-Verlag Innsbruck 1999, S 355-372

Translation:

Gerhard Buzas