Franz Thaler [SEP] date of death
Franz Thaler
Franz Thaler (6 March 1925 in Sarntal – 29 October 2015) was an author from South Tyrol, a peacock quill embroiderer and a survivor of the concentration camp in Dachau and the satellite camp in .
In 1939 his father decided in a referendum that his family should remain Italian citizens and should not adopt German nationality. As a consequence his family was harassed and isolated: Thaler was no longer allowed to attend school. In 1944, at the age of 19, he was called up to do military
following the accession of King Frederick William II of Prussia in 1786 but was placed into retirement by the following king, Frederick William III of Prussia in 1798 with a pension of 800 Thaler. He lived with his family at Brüderstraße 19 (cnr Breiterstraße) and his death was recorded in the church records of the nearby Petrikirche. Upon his death in 1804, he was succeeded by his nephew (the son of Franz), Karl Hermann Heinrich.
Joseph's two sons Ernst Friedrich Benda (1749–1785), Carl Friedrich Franz