Oberoffizial Cornelius Eitelberg
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Cornelius Eitelberg was born in Vienna as the legitimate son of the well-known ear specialist Abraham Josef Eitelberg and Jetty, née Pordes. The Jewish doctor Abraham Eitelberg, who came from Tarnopol in Galicia [today: Tarnopil in Ukraine], received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Vienna [today: Medical University of Vienna] in 1878 and had four children with his wife Jetty, who was also Jewish: Maximilian, Cornelius and the twins Gertrude and Melanie.
Nothing has been preserved about Cornelius Eitelberg's childhood and youth. In any case, he probably did not graduate from high school and began working for the k.u.k. Post and Telegraph Administration. In 1905, he converted to the Catholic faith and married the Catholic Emma Therese Schober and subsequently had four sons with her.
On March 12, 1938, the staunch Austrian had to witness the demise of a free and independent Austria. With the occupation of Austria, German legislation was adopted and with it the 'Nuremberg Race Laws', according to which Cornelius Eitelberg was considered a 'full Jew'. The fact that he is married to an 'Aryan woman' and has children with her saves him from later deportation.
However, Cornelius Eitelberg is dismissed due to his Jewish ancestry and is first sent to the navy rations station
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In both companies he showed obvious unwillingness to do the work imposed on him, incurred the displeasure of his supervisors through his sabotage, kept his workmates from working, campaigned against the Nazi system, was initially transferred to several departments due to his unwillingness to work and was finally placed at the disposal of the employment office because he was unusable.
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Because of his stand against the National Socialist system and his attempts to escape compulsory service, Cornelius Eitelberg was finally arrested by the Gestapo on April 23, 1943.
On 21.4.1943, the Jew Kornelius Israel Eitelberg, former postal clerk, born 18.2.1880 Vienna, DRK., rk., married, Vienna, XVIII, Herbeckstr. 96 wh., was arrested.
Eitelberg, who lived in a privileged mixed marriage from which 3 children were born, who were considered mixed-bloods of the first degree, was repeatedly absent from work due to illness. He consulted German-blooded doctors and concealed the fact that he was Jewish. After being given a clean bill of health by the doctors, he stayed away from work for a long time.
Protective custody was applied for against him.
[Note: Although Cornelius Eitelberg had four children, the Gestapo daily report only lists three children. This was probably an oversight]
Cornelius Eitelberg falls ill in prison, but is denied a visit to the doctor. He was finally released from prison on January 3, 1944. However, due to his untreated illness, he had to be admitted to the Hospital of the Jewish Community Vienna [formerly Rothschild Hospital], the only hospital in Vienna that treated Jews, on January 6, 1944. He was able to leave on 1 February 1944.
In Vienna, Cornelis Eitelberg witnessed the liberation of Austria and the re-establishment of the Republic in April and May 1945. He joined the newly founded Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and the ÖVP-Kameradschaft der politisch Verfolgten und Bekenner Österreichs.
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Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv (WStLA)
Dokumentationsarchiv des Österreichischen Widerstands (DÖW)
Medizinische Universität Wien (MU)
Archiv der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde (IKG)
Friedhöfe Wien - Verstorbenensuche
