Franziska "Fanny" Wengraf

Franziska "Fanny" WENGRAF, née TENNENBAUM: b. 8 Dec 1873, Botuschan - d. 13 Oct 1942, Theresienstadt, HOLOCAUST

Information courtesy of various sources, including the following:

cf. IKG-Wien Archives: Married July 17, 1894, Mödling, Brühlerstrasse, Hotel 3 Raben. Left the Jewish faith in 1919 to become a Catholic.

Nr. 26607
Familienname Wengraf
Vorname Fanny
Geburtsname Tennenbaum
Zahl 4
Zahl Zusatz
Alter 46
Austrittsdatum 04.01.1919
Geburtsdatum 08.12.1873
Geburtsort Bottuschau
Bezirk
Land Rumänien
Stand verh.
Beruf
Wien Bezirk 2
Wien Strasse Ferdinandstr.
Haus Nr. 28

Sisters-in-law Fanny WENGRAF & Ella TENNEBAUM were clearly close and spent a couple of holidays together.

cf. eg.

ANNO, Badener Zeitung, 1898-06-15, Seite 4

https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=bzt&datum=18980615&seit...

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ANNO, Ischler Bade-Liste, 1924-06-08, Seite 2

https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=cur&datum=19240608&seit...

The co-author - together with Alfred v. WURMB - of a short two-act play with muic named "Netterl". This was first presented on Radio and then performed on stage. Composer was Max LILIENAU.

Several mentions in newspapers of the era:

ANNO, Neue Freie Presse, 1934-03-08, Seite 22

https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=nfp&datum=19340308&quer...

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ANNO, Der Tag, 1934-03-09, Seite 6

https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=tag&datum=19340309&quer...

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ANNO, Neues Wiener Tagblatt (Tages-Ausgabe), 1934-05-08, Seite 10

https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=nwg&datum=19340508&quer...

She is the ONLY individual who fits that name in LEHMANN's Wien address book for 1934:

Wienbibliothek / Retrodigitalisierung / 1934 [1515]

https://www.digital.wienbibliothek.at/wbrobv/periodical/pageview/21...

WENGRAF Fanny, "Witwe", Wien 2, Ferdinandstrasse 28

Whether she wrote any other pieces is unknown. Presumably all her personal papers were siezed and/or destroyed on her arrest and deportation.

Fanny WENGRAF is featured on the website of the RAVAG "Scriptdepartment - Das Manuskriptarchiv in Dokumentationsarchiv Funk - with a short biography and a link to further details on "Netterl":

http://www.scriptdepartment.org/pers_info.php?id=1223

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Details of deportation and subsequent death courtesy of:

From The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at yadvashem.org:

Source Terezinska Pametni Kniha/Theresienstaedter Gedenkbuch, Terezinska Iniciativa, vol. I-II Melantrich, Praha 1995, vol. III Academia Verlag, Prag 2000

• Last Name WENGRAF, First Name FRANZISKA
• Date of Birth 08/12/1873 (Dec. 8, 1873)
• Place during the war WIEN,VIENNA,AUSTRIA
• Wartime Address 2, FERDINANDSTRASSE 28/3
• Place of Death TEREZIN,Camp
• Date of Death 13/10/1942
• Details of transport Transport 35 , Train Da 501 from WIEN,VIENNA,AUSTRIA to THERESIENSTADT,GHETTO,CZECHOSLOVAKIA on 13/08/1942
• Prisoner Nr. in Transport 404
• Type of material List of Theresienstadt camp inmates