Dr. med Isidor "Illo" Franz Josef Pollitzer

Dr. med Rat Isidor POLLITZER: b. 23 Oct 1873, Nikolsburg - d. 21 Feb 1948, Wien

Basic Nikolsburg birth data courtesy of Indexes to Mikulov births, marriages, and deaths online at the site of the Jewish Museum in Prague:

Židovská náboženská obec Mikulov, Rejstrík (z roku 1913) k matrikám, NOZ 1762 - 1912, I. cást: narození, N 1762 - 1912, písmena J - Q | Jewish Museum Collections

http://collections.jewishmuseum.cz/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/obj...

Name of newborn: Year of birth Parents

POLLITZER Isidor 1873 Max & Emilie

Further details from actual IKG-Nikolsburg Birth Registration to be found under:

1873.10.23 - Isidor POLLITZER - IKG-Nikolsburg BR

https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000141862141358

Page 149 # 2354/45

Parents: Max POLLITZER & Emilie, daughter of Nathan & Sali SCHELSCHITZ

Listed under "Mediziner aus Wien" as per www.genteam.at Lfdnr 23986/53431 Familienname Pollitzer Vorname Isidor Geburtsdatum 1873.10.23 Geburtsort Nikolsburg,Mähren Beruf Religion jüdisch Quelle 195-282a Nationalien Datum Rigorosen Datum 1898.03.10 Promotions/Sponsions Datum 1898.03.19 Medizin Promotion Chirurgie Chemie Pharmazie Universalmedizin (ab 1873) Ergänzung

Basic marriage data from IKG-Wien Archives courtesy of www.genteam.at

Lfdnr 391135 Jahr 1912 Reihenzahl 324 Code 2 Band Sepharden Familienname Pollitzer Vorname Isidor, Dr.med. Eltern Familienname des Partners Adjiman Vorname des Partners Melek

Details from IKG-Wien Sephardic Marriage Registration courtesy of Mathilde Taggert:

Vienna Weddings Results : 1912.06.15: Isidor POLLITZER & Melek ADJIMAN - IKG-Wien MR

http://www.sephardicgen.com/databases/viennaWeddingsSearchEngine.ph...

493 80 324 15 Jun 1912 Isidor Pollitzer Max Emilie Schelschitz 24 Oct 1873 39 Wien

Melek Adjiman Abraham Yeschoua Adjiman Sol Molho 13 Jun 1882 29 unreadable

Isidor was subsequently divorced from his first wife and married a second time. Information based on original documents in archives of close family descendants, including a civil marriage certificate dated 19 March 1921, Wien, for Dr. Isidor POLLITZER & Bertha POHL in which the groom is described as "gerichtlich getrennt"- officially separated - while the bride is noted as "ledig" - single.

Marked as "mosäisch" - Jewish - on this paper (his wife Bertha is marked as "konfessionslos" - i.e. being of no particular religion), Isidor apparently subsequently converted to the Catholic faith on 10 March 1944, Wien (see below).

Witnesses: Dr. Johann POLLITZER, "Rechtsanwalt" - lawyer - & Hugo POLLITZER, "Prokurist".

According to POLLITZER descendants, despite all endeavours undertaken by his devoted non-Jewish wife Berta, Isidor was deported to Theresienstadt at some point (N.B. this may have been as late as 1944, as a later document of marriage - interestingly now noting him previously as being single though this is clearly not accurate - shows his actual Catholic christening date as cited above). He somehow survived his incarceration there (N.B. no listing of him yet found on even lists of survivors) and eventually returned to Vienna, though a broken man (cf. historical correspondence in family files).

This myth now corrected following a thorough appraisal of a historical letter written by "Illo", in which he describes how he was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned for three weeks, after which he suffered a stroke. His devoted wife Berta somehow managed to arrange for him to be admitted to hospital, where he remained for 17 months apparently no longer noticed by the authorities. It was his brother Hugo who was deported to Theresienstadt but managed to survive (though for not very long after the end of conflict) - this now added to that profile.

Death certificate in family archives gives DOD as 21 Feb 1948. He died at home in the couple's appartment at Wien I, Elisabethstrasse 13.

Burial data courtesy of www.friedhoefewien.at

Personendaten

Titel: Dr.Med.Rat

Vorname: Isidor

Nachname: Pollitzer

Künstlername

Geburtsdatum

Lebensalter: 74

Sterbedatum: 21.02.1948

Bestattungsdatum: 26.02.1948

Grabdaten: Grinzing - Gruppe 11 - Reihe 4 - Nummer 10

Grabnutzungsrecht bis: 08.05.2025

Weiters in diesem Grab bestattet

Name Geburtsdatum Lebensalter

Pollit Walter 75

Pollitzer Berta 83

Pollitzer Johann 48

(pip - August 2018)