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Sophie Haber - Gedenktafel

Hanreitergasse 2, Floridsdorf (1210), Vienna

The record

Type
Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
Plaque made
2015
Epoch
Nach 1945
Address
Hanreitergasse 2
Location
Paul Grüninger Schule
District
Floridsdorf (1210)
City
Vienna (Wien)
Country
Austria
Coordinates
48.28477, 16.41031
Object number
97044

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1682 map "Austria Archiducatus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1682 · Austria Archiducatus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1752 · Autriche septentrionale. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1813 · Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1837 · I, II, III, IV Sections. Umgebung von Wien. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1877 · Ganserndorf (Niederosterreich). (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)

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The City of Vienna's record

Sophie (Susi) Haber / 1922-2012 / Susi Haber war eine der Geretteten des / Schweizer Polizeihauptmannes Paul Grüninger / aus St. Gallen, dem ca. 3000 Wiener Jüdinnen / und Juden ihr Leben verdankten. / Er ermöglichte ihnen im Jahr 1938 / die illegale Einreise in die Schweiz. / Die Folge war die unehrenhafte Entlassung / und Verurteilung Grüningers, er wurde / erst 1995 post mortem rehabilitiert. / Als eine der Überlebenden initiierte / Susi Haber die Namensgebung dieser Schule, / in der sie auch als Zeitzeugin wirkte. / Mai 2015

English translation

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Sophie (Susi) Haber / 1922-2012 / Susi Haber was one of those rescued by the Swiss police captain Paul Grüninger / from St. Gallen, to whom some 3000 Viennese Jewish women and men owed their lives. / He enabled them in the year 1938 / to enter Switzerland illegally. / The consequence was the dishonourable dismissal / and conviction of Grüninger; he was / rehabilitated only in 1995 post mortem. / As one of the survivors, / Susi Haber initiated the naming of this school, / in which she also worked as a contemporary witness. / May 2015

Other plaques nearby

Other plaques in the City's record within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Datenquelle: Stadt Wien – data.wien.gv.at (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0). Inscriptions and notes are reproduced unchanged. Stadt Wien · CC BY 4.0
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