Lilli Tauber March 13 1927 Present Lilli was

Lilli Tauber March 13, 1927 -Present

• Lilli was around 11 years old during WW 2, and lived with her father and mother and brother. Before things got too bad Lilli’s parents sent her off to England until the war was over. Her older brother fled to Israel, and her parents stayed in Austria and were sent to a ghetto in Poland still being able to communicate with Lilli through letters. All of a sudden the letters stopped and she never heard from her parents again. To this day she has no clue what extermination camp they were sent to to be killed. Lilli came back to Austria to find everything she once had gone, except for one little black suitcase which contained hundreds of pictures of her family and of life in the ghetto where her mother and father were. The suitcase also contained every single letter she ever wrote or received from her father during the war. Soon after she met her husband they married and had two sons. Lilli was interviewed in 2003 of her experience during the war.

Lilli Tauber in England with other immigrant girls from Austria A letter by Lilli written to her father Lilli at the age of 14 in England Lilli in England at the beach during the war

Lilli’s mother Johanna Lilli’s father Wilhelm Schischa Lilli as an infant with her older brother Eduard

Post Office in the Opole ghetto Lilli’s parents in the Opole ghetto How they slept in the ghetto

Lilli and her husband Max Lilli and her two sons Willie(left) and Heinz(right)

Lilli’s Timeline • Born March 13, 1927 • November 19, 1938 Kristallnacht • 1938 sent to England by parents • February 26, 1941 Lilli’s parents brought to Opole Ghetto in Poland • September 1941 Lilli’s parents are sent to an extermination camp • October 1946 Lilli returns to Austria • New Years 1953 Lilli marries her husband Max Tauber • December 3, 1954 Lilli’s first son Wilhelm is born: named after her father • August 11, 1957 Lilli’s second son Heinz is born • 2003 Lilli has her Centropa interview

Austria Post WWII

Austria Flag of Austria before WWII Emperor of Austria before and after WW 1 At this time Austria was a monarchy between the crowns of Austria and Hungary

Religion The main religion was Roman Catholicism Up until the “Anschulus”, or the union of Austria and Germany, Jews were looked down upon but could still participate in their religion Jews worshipping in a synagogue

Economy • During this time Jews were not allowed to go to the movies, be out after 8 o’clock, and shop, eat, or live anywhere “Juden” or Jew was not listed • The currency was called Krone Austrian currency before the start of WW 2

• After the Anti-Semitism broke out in Austria Jewish children were no longer able to attend school with other children and would often attend school in the local synagogue • Even before Austria gained forces with Germany Jews lived together in large communities anyway Jewish home burnt down during WW 2

After the War • Many came back to nothing, and had to start a new life, and some just never came back home because they were victims of this atrocity • Many innocent people suffered during this time in history, and we should never forget what happened, because they never will

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