Ungargasse 6 (laid 2013, sons 2022)

The Breuer Family

Confectionery and Chocolate from Ungargasse

David Breuer, born on December 31, 1891, in Mattersdorf;
Franziska Breuer, née Ehrenfeld, born on February 3, 1903, in Salgov (Slovakia);
sons Heinz, born 1927 in Vienna, and Werner, born 1929 in Wiener Neustadt.
The last place of residence is given as Krnca in the district of Topolcany. In September 1942, the family was deported to the district of Topolcany and then further transferred to the Sered camp (Franziska is documented as arriving on July 7, 1943), where they were killed.

David Breuer, born on December 31, 1891, in Mattersdorf, settled in Wiener Neustadt in March 1915. He was called up during World War I but had to leave the service due to disability in January 1917. In August 1918, he moved to Ungargasse 6. David fell in love with the daughter of the property owner and married Franziska Ehrenfeld on February 15, 1925. She gave birth to their son Heinz in May 1927 and to Werner in April 1929.

David Breuer earned his living as a merchant at Neunkirchnerstraße 52. His wife independently ran a factory producing chocolate and confectionery in Ungargasse. She was not only a highly independent woman but also one of only two Jewish factory owners in the city (the other being Olga Grünwald, see the story “Family Grünwald”). In June 1929, the marriage broke down. Franziska Breuer preferred the student Walter Hacker over her older, war-disabled husband, who moved to Berndorf. Attempts to restart the marriage were visibly unsuccessful.

Son Heinz attended the boys’ elementary school at Baumkirchnerring and then the first grade at the Bundesgymnasium, where he still received an annual report and, on July 2, 1938, a “leaving clause”.

On May 14, 1938, a provisional administrator was appointed for the company “J. Breuer, Confectionery, Ungargasse 6,” and the house at Ungargasse, owned by Julius Ehrenfeld, was “Aryanized.” In 1938, at least David Breuer—and probably his family as well—was registered at Rembrandtstraße 34/14 in Vienna. In September 1942, the family was deported to the district of Topolcany. Franziska Breuer is documented as having been taken to Sered on July 7, 1943. David and both sons were also killed in Sered.

Anton Blaha

Note: The Sered camp was a major transit and labor camp in Slovakia used by the Nazis during World War II, where many Jews were interned before being deported to extermination camps.