Jewish Families of the Leoben District in Styria, Austria (Leoben Bezirk, Steiermark, Österreich)

The Jews of Leoben officially belonged to the Jewish community of Graz and the Graz community maintained the birth, marriage, and death records. Leoben had an autonomous Jewish community starting in 1894, but it continued to legally belong to Graz. This project also includes the Jews of Donawitz, Göss, Judendorf, and Leitendorf.

Leoben's Jewish cemetery was completely destroyed the night of November 9-10, 1938, including removal of all gravestones. A plaque at the gate of the former cemetery records the name of 57 people buried there. The Graz death and burial records include 64 Leoben burials and 5 probable burials without notation of the cemetery. This project will document these burials.

Sources and Progress:

• 174 birth records from the records in Graz (All records indexed and family trees created for most of them)
• Jewish Emigrant Applications, Vienna (added 52 victims of Nazi persecution)
• 66-71 burials (64 burial records in Graz and 5 probable burials without notation of the cemetery) (in progress)
• Leoben Marriage Records among the records of Graz (in progress)
• Conversion records in Vienna
• Leoben memorial plaque on the gate at the site of the cemetery listing 57 burials.
• Yad Vashem (identified duplicates and notified Yad Vashem)
• US Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (DÖW)
• Jewishgen.org

Holocaust Victims and Victims of Nazi Persecution

1. Adler, Fritz (1918 Trofaiach - )
2. Ausgereist (Koppel), Malwine (1918 Leoben - )
3. Bauer, Irena (1886 Lackenbach - 1942 Maly Trostenets); resident of Leoben
4. Bauer, Othmar (1917 Leoben - 2006 New York); Auschwitz survivor
5. Bauer, Rudolf (1887 Lackenbach or Kaisersdorf - 1943 Auschwitz); wine merchant living in Leoben
6. Bauer, Fanni ( ); resident of Leoben
7. Benda, Friedrich (1885 Judendorf - 1942 Lodz Ghetto)
8. Bondy, Peter Paul (1915 Leoben - ?); deported to Theresienstadt in 1941 and survived the Holocaust
9. Brandeis, Elsa (1904 Leoben - )
10. Brenner, Eva (1936 Leoben - 1942 Auschwitz)
11. Brenner, Max (1904 Jaslowiec - 1942 Auschwitz); merchant in Leitendorf bei Leoben
12. Brenner (Grünbaum), Gertrude (1914 Holešov - c. 1942 Auschwitz); lived in Leoben
13. Diamant, Max (1893 Leoben - )
14. Dosek (Kohn), Elisabeth (1912 Judendorf bei Leoben - )
15. Eisenberg (Leitner), Charlotte (1921 Leoben - )
16. Eisler, Hermine (Löwinger) (1892 Leoben - Sweden); resident of Graz, Herrgottswiesgasse 9; (survived and in Linz area 1949, emigrated to Sweden)
17. Feilschmidt, Ludmilla (1895 Donawitz - )
18. Fuchs, Erwin (1919 Leoben - 1941 Zasavica bei Sabac)
19. [Gertrude Boyd Fuchs, Gertrude (1918 Donawitz bei Leoben - 2013); emigrated to England c. 1939
20. Freudmann, Heinrich (1914 Antwerp - 1943 Auschwitz); resided at Leoben, Kärntnerstrasse 9
21. Freudmann, Georg (1909 Knittelfeld - c. 1942 Maly Trostinec); resident of Leoben, forced relocation to Vienna, then deported to Maly Trostinec
22. Freudmann (Markinson), Frieda (1887 Hogyesz - 1942 Maly Trostinec); widow; resident of Leoben
23. Gans, Ignatz (1901 - 1942 Maly Trostenets); resident of Leoben
24. Gewing, Ernst (1932 Leoben - ); survived the Holocaust
25. Gewing, Heinrich (1932 Leoben - )
26. Gewing, Walter (1930 Leoben - )
27. Glesinger, Arthur (1902 Leoben - )
28. Glesinger, Alfons (1894 Leoben - 1942 Auschwitz)
29. Glesinger, Gertrude (1925 Leoben - )
30. Glesinger, Hermann (1901 Leoben - )
31. Glesinger, Marcell (1892 Leoben - )
32. Gottlieber, Grete (1928 Leoben - )
33. Gottlieber, Leopold (1898 Wien - 1944 Auschwitz); merchant in Leoben
34. Gottlieber (Glaser), Johanna (1896 Judendorf bei Leoben - 1944 Auschwitz)
35. Grünspan, Oskar Ernst (1897 - )
36. Grünwald, Robert (1903 Wien - 1942 Maly Trostenets); permanent resident of Vienna; in Leoben during the war, deported from Vienna to Maly Trostenets
37. Hacker, Karl (1873 - ); resident of Leoben; deported to Theresienstadt and survived the Holocaust
38. Hahn, Alexander (1910 - 1942 Maly Trostinec); in Leoben during the war, deported from Vienna to Maly Trostenets
39. Heinrich, Edith (1913 Leoben - United States); Prisoner at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp; Emigrated to the United States 1946
40. Holzer?, Josefa (1899 Mochel bei Kauern, Leoben - )
41. Hubert (Orowan), Friedericke (1903 Leoben - )
42. Klatte (Skutezky), Cäcilie (1876 Göss bei Leoben - 1961 Berlin); resident of Berlin
43. Klein, Friedrich (1911 Leoben - 1944 Shanghai); died as refugee in Shanghai
44. Klein, Karl (1902 Leoben - )
45. Klinger, Herbert (1920 Leoben - )
46. Klinger, Nissan (1879 Przemyśl - c. 1940 Radymno); resided at Leoben, Peter Tunner-Straße 18
47. Klinger (Bien), Ziwye Caecilia (1877 Przemyśl - c. 1940 Radymno); resided at Leoben, Peter Tunner-Straße 18
48. Koffler, Charlotte (1915 Leoben - 1942 Maly Trostinets)
49. Koffler, Elisabeth (1912 Leoben - 1942 Maly Trostinets)
50. Kohn, Magdalena (1913 Judendorf - )
51. Kohn (Váradi), Erika (1912 Leoben - )
52. Koppel, Malwine (1918 Leoben - )
53. Korn (Bauernfreund), Hilda (1901 Leoben - Poland); resided in Knittelfeld, Bahnstrasse 17; last resided at Wien 2, Grosse Schiffgasse 24/6A, prior to deportation to Modliborzyce, 5 March 1941
54. Krammer, Helene (1898 Leoben - )
55. Kraus, Alfred (1880 Leoben - ); Wien, Wlodowa
56. Kraus, Leo (1885 Leoben - 1945); declared dead in note on birth record
57. Kraus, Rudolf (1894 Leoben - 1945); declared dead
58. Lehrfeld (Röhr), Karola (1902 Leoben - )
59. Leitner (Löwinger), Rosa (1893 Leoben - after 1941/2/15 Poland); resided at Wien 2, Große Mohrengasse 22/19
60. Lesser, Walter (1896 - c. 1943 Auschwitz); resident of Leoben according to transport record
61. Lindner, Siegfried (1892 Wien - 1942 Maly Trostenets); resident of Vienna; in Leoben during the war; single factory owner
62. Löwinger, Heinrich (1897 Leoben - )
63. Löwinger, Kurt (1925 Leoben - 1942)
64. Löwinger, Max (1888 Leoben - 1942 Auschwitz)
65. Löwy, Elisabeth (1903 Leoben - )
66. Mayer, Arthur (1886 Leoben - )
67. Neumann, Richard (1901 Leoben - )
68. Neuwalder, Stefanie (1902 Leoben - )
69. Nichtenhauser (Berber > Spiess), Rita (1907 Gologory - 1942 Krakow); resident of Leoben then Bielsko Biala, Poland
70. Nissel, Ernst (1918 - 1942 Maly Trostinets); resided at Leoben, Seegraben 67 according to transport record; deported from Vienna to Maly Trostenets
71. Nussbaum (Röhr), Elisabeth (1895 Leoben - after 1941/3/5)
72. Orowan, Hans (1888 Loeben - 1942 Auschwitz); resided in Graz then Aix-En-Provence
73. Orowan (Orowan), Grete (1889 Leoben -
74. Pistiner, Adolf (1886 Cioconesti - 1938 Dachau); resident of Leoben
75. Popper, Erich (1937 Leoben - ); Kielce?
76. Popper, Herbert (1914 Leoben - )
77. Popper, Vilma (1919 Leoben - )
78. Popper (Reitmann), Helene (1890 Leoben - )
79. Porges, Edith (1895 Leoben - )
80. Reinert, Markus Mordechai (1901 Sokal - c. 1942 Poland); resident of Leoben
81. Reinert (Brenner), Anna Cesarine (1907 Jaslowiec - c.1942); resident of Leoben
82. Reis (Grebien), Ludmilla (1899 Donawitz bei Leoben - ); resident of Zwickau, Land Sachsen (Jewish Holocaust Memorials and Jewish Residents of Germany 1939-1945)
83. Reitmann, Alois (1930 Leoben - ); Emigration Application Vienna 1938 Fragenbogen 28717
84. Reitmann, Bernhard (1907 Leoben - ); resided at Leoben, Langgasse 14; Emigration Application Leoben 1938 Fragenbogen 20647
85. Reitmann, Gerda (1930 Leoben - ); Emigration Application Vienna 1938 Fragenbogen 28717
86. Reitmann, Gustav (1903 Leoben - 1995 Israel); resided at Leoben, Nennersdorferstrasse 9; Emigration Application Leoben 1938 Fragenbogen 28114
87. Reitmann, Leopold (1897 - ) Illegal Immigration to Palestine, 1939
88. Reitmann, Marzell[ (1905 Leoben - ); Emigration Application Vienna 1938 Fragenbogen 28717
89. Reitmann, Marion (1931 Salzburg - ); resided at Leoben, Nennersdorferstrasse 9; Emigration Application Leoben 1938 Fragenbogen 28114
90. Reitmann, Siegfried (1934 Leoben - )
91. Reitmann (Eisenberg), Edith (1910 Salzburg - 1984 Israel); resided at Leoben, Nennersdorferstrasse 9; Emigration Application Leoben 1938 Fragenbogen 28114
92. Reitmann (Duschinsky), Grete (1907 Leoben - ); resided at Leoben, Langgasse 14; Emigration Application Leoben 1938 Fragenbogen 20647
93. Reitmann (Wollner), Julie (1906 Leoben - ); Emigration Application Vienna 1938 Fragenbogen 28717
94. Rolz, Walter (1901 Leoben - 1942 Guzar, Uzbekistan); Jewish soldier in the Anders Army who died in military service in the Soviet Union
95. Röhr, Fritz (1914 Leoben - 2005); fled to Palestine
96. Röhr, Gideon (Hans) (1921 Leoben - 2006 Sweden); fled to Palestine; (Stolperstein: Timmersdorfergasse 8, 8700 Leoben);
97. Röhr, Karl (1916 Leoben - 1984); fled to Palestine, changing his name to Jepheth Zinori
98. Röhr, Karl (before 1931 - Warsaw); child of Paul and Frida (no other information found)
99. Röhr, Ludwig (1884 Leoben - ?); fled to Palestine 1939
100. Röhr, Paul (1893 Leoben - ); resided in Vienna
101. Röhr, Walter (1901 Leoben - ); deported to Nisko 1939 and died in the Holocaust
102. Röhr (Weinberger), Irene (1888 Podivin - 1976); resident of Leoben; fled to Palestine 1939
103. Scheck, Klara (Posamentier) (1872 Judenburg - 1942 Čapljina); resident of Leoben, died of starvation; (Stolperstein: Waasenplatz 1, 8700 Leoben)
104. Schulmeister, Manfred (1928 Donawitz bei Leoben - )
105. Schulmeister (Bauer), Grete (1905 Leoben - )
106. Schwarz, Irma (1900 Leoben - )
107. Seifert, David (1881 Vyshen'ka - 1938 Dachau); resident of Leoben
108. Seifert, Ernst (1907 Leoben - )
109. Spiess, David (1909 Gologory, Poland - 1938?); resident of Leoben, taken to Dachau concentration camp in 1938; fate unknown (Stolperstein: Franz-Josef-Strasse 18, 8700 Leoben), a founding member of the Leoben "Brith Trumpeldor," a Jewish scout association with 30 members
110. Spiess, Franziska (1920 Leoben - 2000 New York)
111. Spiess, Josef (1883 Poloniczna - 1938?); shop owner in Leoben; taken to Dachau concentration camp in 1938; fate unknown (Franz-Josef-Strasse 18, 8700 Leoben); resided at Leoben, Vordernbergerstrasse 18; Emigration Application Leoben 1938 Fragenbogen 4440/16142
112. Spiess, Dr. Karl (1911 Leoben - ); resided at Leoben, Vordernbergerstrasse 18; Emigration Application Leoben 1938 Fragenbogen 4440/16142
113. Spiess, Wilhelm (1923 Leoben - 1987); resided at Leoben, Vordernbergerstrasse 18; Emigration Application Leoben 1938 Fragenbogen 4440/16142
114. Spiss, Oswald (1902 Leoben - ); emigrated to Youngstown, Ohio with the help of HIAS after the war
115. Spiess (Weisz), Malvine (1892 Budapest - 1989 New York); resided at Leoben, Vordernbergerstrasse 18; Emigration Application Leoben 1938 Fragenbogen 4440/16142
116. Stern, Katharine (1906 Eisenserz - )
117. Stern (Weiss), Ottilie (1896 Leoben - )
118. Stockmann, Maria (1898 Leoben - )
119. Stössel, Jakob (1870 - ); resident of Göss bei Leoben; deported from Wien to Riga
120. Ullmann, Carl (1888 Leoben - c. 1942 Riga?); resident of Prague before deportation to Riga, Latvia, January 9, 1942
121. Varadi (Scheck), Paula (1903 Leoben - )
122. Wachsler, Kurt (1889 Leoben - )
123. Weiner (Heller), Gertrude (1900 Leoben - ); emigrated to the United States
124. Weinberger, Ida (1874 Podivin - 1942 Lodz); resident of Leoben, then Wien 2, Hollandstrasse 1
125. Weinberger, Aurelia (1876 Podivin - 1942 Lodz); resident of Leoben
126. Weinwurm (Löwinger), Johanna (1889 Leoben - 1942 Auschwitz); resident of Graz and Vienna before deportation to Theresienstadt and then Auschwitz
127. Werdisheim, Alice Sonja (1933 Leoben - 2017 Ramat Gan); survived the Holocaust with the Griner family in Mostar and emigrated to Palestine; Stolperstein: Waasenplatz 1, 8700 Leoben)
128. Werdisheim, Max (1886 Třešť or Pecs - 1943 Riga-Kaiserwald concentration camp); resident of Leoben; (Stolperstein: Waasenplatz 1, 8700 Leoben)
129. Werdisheim, Harry Peter (1938 Leoben ); (Stolperstein: Waasenplatz 1, 8700 Leoben)
130. Werdisheim, Walter Hans (1938 Leoben ); (Stolperstein: Waasenplatz 1, 8700 Leoben)
131. Werdisheim (Scheck), Bertha (1899 Leoben - c. 1944 Italy); (Stolperstein: Waasenplatz 1, 8700 Leoben)
132. Wiener, Elisabeth (1919 Leoben - )
133. Wipper (Scheck), Margarethe (1900 Leoben - )
134. Zweigenthal, Ernst (1901 Wien - c. 1942 Maly Trostinets); resident of Leoben

Deportees Detained or Murdered in Leoben during the Holocaust

1. Cank, Karolina (1944 Magyarboly - 1945 Leoben Detention Site); Hungarian deportee murdered in Leoben
2. Deutsch, Sandor (1903 Puspokladany, Hungary - 1945 Leoben); Hungarian deportee murdered in Leoben
3. Fedek, Rozalia (1870 Bukovina, Czechoslovakia - 1941 Leoben Detention Site)
4. Gettó, Terezia (1893 - 1945 Leoben Detention Site)
5. Geutnek (Sauter), Katalin (1896 Karence - 1945 Leoben Detention Site); Hungarian deportee murdered in Leoben
6. Grosz, Vilmos (1924 Paczin, Hungary - ); resident of Sátoraljaújhely, detained in Leoben
7. Jassman, Janos (1935 - 1945 Leoben Detention Site); Hungarian deportee murdered in Leoben
8. Kapp, Helmut (1942 Magyarboly - 1945 Leoben Detention Site); Hungarian deportee murdered in Leoben
9. Marton, Olimpia (1914 Gura, Romania - 1941 Leoben Detention Site); Hungarian deportee murdered in Leoben
10. Muller, Janos (1887 - 1945 Leoben Detention Site); Hungarian deportee murdered in Leoben
11. Plotz (Eitman), Urbana (1881 - 1945 Leoben Detention Site); Hungarian deportee murdered in Leoben
12. Poth (Off), Erzsebet (1879 Baranya - 1945 Leoben Detention Site); Hungarian deportee murdered in Leoben
13. Ratzki, Lajos (Hungary - 1945 Leoben Detention Site); Hungarian deportee murdered in Leoben
14. Salamon, Jacob Eugen Samoil (1989 Ardusat - 1945 Leoben Detention Site); master carpenter, Hungarian slave laborer, died of starvation
15. Schűtz, Karoly (1911 Jászberény, Hungary - 1944 Leoben Detention Site); printer who resided in Jászberény; Hungarian deportee murdered in Leoben
16. Schűtz, Karoly (1909 - 1945 Leoben Detention Site); resided at Vörösvári út 52, Budapest; Hungarian deportee murdered in Leoben
17. Sperling, Jakob (1913 Zwolen - 1945 Mauthausen); metalworker
18. Springer, Imre (1899 Pestszenterzsebet, Hungary - )
19. Stern, Sandor (1904 Hegyhatkisber - )
20. Wagner (Schmidt), Anna (1854 Lapanow - 1945 Leoben Detention Site); resident of Leoben; detained and murdered in Leoben
21. Wisper, NN (1885 - )