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Details - Serendipity

ID
44185
Name
Wellner
Firstname
Rika
Year
1896
Type of serendipity
Abgewanderte: Geburten/Taufen
Profession
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Source
Wolfgang Schellenbacher: From Exclusion, Deprivation, and Persecution to Suicide Analysing Data on the Suicides of Jews in Vienna 1938–1945
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Born as Rika Wellner in 1872 in Bielsko-Biała, she married Moritz Kraus and moved to Vienna. In 1896 their son Ignaz was born. Her husband had already passed away by 1938 and she lived together with her son, a divorced bank clerk, in Wurmsergasse 45. After the “Anschluss”, they tried to leave the country, but without success.Rika Kraus was forced to leave her home and was allocated a room in Praterstraße 50. On 22 August 1942, fearing imminent deportation, Rika Kraus decided to end her life.
Crownland
Galizien
Created by
Christina Kaul on 2024-04-28
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Modified by
Christina Kaul on 2024-04-28