Camilla Gerzhofer

I have known Ms. Gerzhofer for over 30 years, as my sister was a friend of hers. I know that Ms. Gerzhofer was excluded from the Reichstheaterkammer. At that time I had a café in Hernals (Café Föderl, the composer Carl Föderl is my brother-in-law). Illegal gatherings of racially or politically aggrieved people took place in the apartment every week.

Mrs. Gerzhofer appeared in these circles very often and always brought us news, especially eavesdropping on Allied radio broadcasts (called enemy broadcasts at the time). She also often read us political, anti-Hitler articles from typewritten routing slips.

On the occasion of the Hartmann trial after the war, Mrs. Gerzhofer made the remark to me that Mr. Hartmann could have been very dangerous for her at that time.

I know that she behaved very recklessly for those times and lost her property and also her apartment because of her political views. Whether she was actually a member of a resistance movement is beyond my knowledge.