Cylli Goldenberg
- Born on: 17.6.1919
- 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 version.
Cylli Goldenberg was the firstborn daughter of the merchant Benjamin Wolf Goldenberg (born May 12, 1891 in Batków, died 1969) and Pepi (born October 30, 1896 in Wełdzirz, maiden name Zimmer, also called Pesha, died in Haifa), who were married on June 13, 1920 at the Vienna City Temple (1st district of Vienna, Seitenstettengasse 4). Cylli had a sister named Helene (nickname Heli), who was born on May 25, 1921 in Vienna.
Cylli attended a Realgymnasium in the 20th district of Vienna; whether it was the Brigitta-Realgymnasium und Oberlyzeum on Unterbergergasse 1 or the nearby Chajesrealgymnasium, which was operated by the „Jüdisches Realgymnasium“ on Staudingergasse 6, remains unclear.
She subsequently enrolled at the University for World Trade (Franz-Klein-Gasse 1, 19th district). However, as a Jew, she could only study for one semester (winter semester 1937/38), as the 'Anschluss' of Austria (March 1938) made further studies impossible. Initially, she lived with her family at Hannovergasse 7/14. However, after the Reichspogromnacht (November 9/10, 1938), the family had to vacate this apartment. Subsequently, from December 1938 to February 1939 – likely subletting – she lived at Othmargasse 46/1/21 (both addresses are in the 20th district). From here, Cylli was exiled to Palestine – possibly in early February 1939; she had previously received a visa from the British authorities, who administered this country on behalf of the League of Nations. Since Cylli was without means, her departure was made possible by financial support of over 230 Reichsmark from the Israelite Community of Vienna.
Ultimately, the rest of the family also reached Palestine. Previously, during the Reichspogromnacht, Cylli's father's laundry business at Hannovergasse 11 was forcibly closed, "without the existing assets of the family being taken into account" (Cylli Goldenberg's emigration application from January 25, 1939). Benjamin Wolf Goldenberg, who had spent the first years of his life in the Austro-Hungarian crown land of Galicia, had stayed in Budapest during World War I and had lived in Vienna since 1918, was detained for four days in 'protective custody' during the Reichspogromnacht and had to agree to leave the area of the 'Greater German Reich' by February 15, 1939. Until the involuntary departure, the family lived "off the sale of their last possessions" (ibid.). However, even a forced sale of the furniture brought only a "minimal return," which was already consumed by spring 1938 (Benjamin Wolf Goldenberg's emigration application from May 16, 1938). Just in time before the deadline, Cylli's father emigrated to Palestine via Antwerp in February 1939.
In Palestine or Israel, Cylli Goldenberg married Zvi Segal (born May 5, 1920, son of Israel Segal and Malka, maiden name Poizner, died October 25, 2017) at an unknown time. With him, she had two children. She died on January 1, 2011, in the Israeli town of Tivon (located southeast of Haifa), where she was buried in the cemetery Kiryat Tivon HaShomrim.
Her sister Helene later married Yeshayahu Rozenberg, who died in 1981. She herself died on April 4, 2006, in Haifa.
Author: Johannes Koll
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