Julius Madritsch [SEP] date of birth
Julius Madritsch
Julius Madritsch (4 August 1906 – 11 June 1984) was a Viennese Austrian businessman who helped to save the lives of Jews during the Holocaust.
Biography.
In the spring of 1940 Madritsch came to Kraków to avoid enlistment in the German Wehrmacht. Being a trained draper, he was appointed trustee of two Jewish confectionery stores, Hogo and Strassberg. Madritsch soon learned that he could make more money by manufacturing textiles. At the end of 1940 Madritsch was able to open a sewing factory in Kraków that
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Julius Madritsch died on 11 June 1984. He is buried at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna.
Bibliography.
- David M. Crowe. "Oskar Schindler: The Untold Account of His Life, Wartime Activities, and the True Story Behind the List", Westview Press, 2004
- Martin Gilbert. "The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust", Henry Holt, 2002
- Julius Madritsch. "Menschen in Not!" (People in Distress!)