Emilie Grünwald (geb. Königstein)

Emilie Königstein married in a civil ceremony on August 19, 1918 and converted to the Protestant faith together with her husband Hugo Grünwald on July 24, 1919 H.B. They married in church on the same day. Their daughter Loise had been born shortly before. Hugo Grünwald was a very well-paid insurance employee and the family was not politically active.

On March 12, 1938, Emilie Grünwald witnessed the demise of free and independent Austria with the invasion of the German Wehrmacht. With the occupation of Austria, German legislation was adopted and with it the 'Nuremberg Race Laws', according to which Emilie and Hugo Grünwald were considered 'full Jews'. Due to his 'non-Aryan' descent, Hugo Grünwald is immediately dismissed. The family is then preserved by Emilie Grünwald's uncle, Alexander Königstein.