Albert (Abraham) Wirtschafter
- Born on: 11.11.1918
- Birthplace: Vienna (Wien),
- Category: Diploma program
- Right of domicile: Wien (Wien),
The English version is based on a translation by Artificial Intelligence. The authentic version is the German one.
Albert was the son of Max (born on October 28, 1885, in the Hungarian Borszova) and the dressmaker Amalia Wirtschafter (born on January 17, 1895, in Czarnków). He was enrolled at the University for World Trade for three semesters between the winter semester 1936/37 and the winter semester 1937/38. Following the 'Anschluss' of Austria, the Jewish student was expelled at the end of August 1938 and received a high school diploma.
In the meantime, the father had applied for support for the entire family, including Albert's sister Martha (born May 4, 1920, in Vienna), at the Emigration Department of the Welfare Center of the Jewish Community of Vienna. The desperate social and economic situation that the family faced in Vienna due to the systematic plundering by the Nazis was succinctly summarized by Max: "unemployed, without assets, without money, and without any income." Until January 9, 1939, the family remained registered at their apartment at Burggasse 119/2/12 (7th District of Vienna), where they had lived since 1922. Afterwards, they stayed at Bandgasse 34/1/9 (also 7th District). From there, the family exiled to Great Britain in June 1939.
Albert had already arrived in Palestine on December 1, 1938. Here he survived the Second World War. From the marriage he entered into with Ruth (née Arow), daughter Edna was born (as of 1957). According to his own statements, he made a living as a salesman with odd jobs in Israel, and the forced interruption of his studies troubled him long after the end of the war. The Austrian "Fund for Assistance to Politically Persecuted Persons Residing and Permanently Living Abroad (Relief Fund)" recognized in 1964 that Wirtschafter had suffered professional and economic damage as a victim of the Nazi regime due to his interrupted studies and exile; however, it did not grant him any claim to compensation payments. Nevertheless, Wirtschafter received a one-time "compensation for educational damage" from the Republic of Austria.
Author: Johannes Koll
Source material
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Universitätsarchiv, Karteikarte und Alte Prüfungsliste.
Archiv der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde Wien, Best. Jerusalem, A/W 2589/25, Nr. 9981 und Auswanderungskartei zu Max, Amalie, Albert und Martha Wirtschafter.
Meldeauskunft des Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchivs, GZ MA 8 – B-MEW – 96221-2013.
Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, Archiv der Republik, Finanzen, HF, Zl. 20765 und Zl. 25401.