Armin Mordekhai Schreiner (25 February 1874 – 29 November 1941) was influential Croatian industrialist, banker, Jewish activist and member of the first Freemasonry Jewish Lodge Zagreb No. 1090 independent order of B'nai B'rith.[1]
Armin Schreiner | |
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| Born | 25 March 1874 |
| Died | 29 November 1941 (aged 67) |
| Cause of death | Murdered in Holocaust |
| Nationality | Croat |
| Occupation | Industrialist |
| Spouse | Roza Schreiner |
| Children | Ella Mira Arie Hadumi Ferdinand Vladimir Otto |
| Parent(s) | Yaakov and Khana Schreiner |
Schreiner was born on 25 February 1874 to Yaakov and Khana Schreiner. He was Jewish, considered himself non-Zionists[2] and was married to Roza Schreiner.[3] He and his wife had six children; daughters Mira (b. 1915)[4] and Ella (b. 1902), and sons; Leo (now Arie Aharoni, b. 1913),[5] Ferdinand (b. 1901),[6] Hadumi (b. 1908), Vladimir (b. 1909),[7] and Otto (b. 1912).[8] He was the owner of multiple factories, among them brick factory "Zagorka" (now "Tondach Hrvatska")[1][9] in Bedekovčina. He was also the vice president of City Savings Bank of Zagreb and vice president of the "Industrialists Union".[10]
Schreiner's family suffered terrible devastation during the Holocaust. Schreiner was killed at the Jasenovac concentration camp in 1941.[5][10][11] His wife and daughter were killed in August 1941, at the Pag concentration camp.[3][4] His son Vladimir was killed in 1941 at Jadovno concentration camp,[7] son Otto in 1941 at Thessaloniki,[8] and son Ferdinand, with his 7-year-old daughter Helga, in 1942 at the Auschwitz concentration camp.[6][12] Schreiner son Arie and daughter Ella were the only one who survived the Holocaust.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b Goldstein (2001, p. 196)
- ^ Goldstein (2005, p. 177)
- ^ a b "Rosa Schreiner". Pages of testimony by Arie (Schreiner) Aharoni (son). Yad Vashem.
- ^ a b "Mira Schreiner". Pages of testimony by Arie (Schreiner) Aharoni (brother). Yad Vashem.
- ^ a b c "Armin Schreiner". Pages of testimony by Arie (Schreiner) Aharoni (son). Yad Vashem.
- ^ a b "Ferdinand Schreiner". Pages of testimony by Arie (Schreiner) Aharoni (brother). Yad Vashem.
- ^ a b "Vladimir Schreiner". Pages of testimony by Arie (Schreiner) Aharoni (brother). Yad Vashem.
- ^ a b "Otto Schreiner". Pages of testimony by Arie (Schreiner) Aharoni (brother). Yad Vashem.
- ^ "Informacija o razvoju Tondach Hrvatska d.d." (in Croatian). www.gradimo.hr. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
- ^ a b Snješka Knežević (2011, p. 60)
- ^ "Recesija neće pojesti Žderića" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. 2009-04-18. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
- ^ "Helga Schreiner". Pages of testimony by Arie (Schreiner) Aharoni (uncle). Yad Vashem.
Bibliography edit
- Goldstein, Ivo (2001). Holokaust u Zagrebu. Zagreb: Novi Liber. ISBN 953-6045-19-2.
- Snješka Knežević, Aleksander Laslo (2011). Židovski Zagreb. Zagreb: AGM, Židovska općina Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-174-393-8.
- Goldstein, Ivo (2005). Židovi u Zagrebu 1918 - 1941. Zagreb: Novi Liber. ISBN 953-6045-23-0.