Hauptplatz 15 (laid in 2015)
Sigmund Schlänger and Wife Fanny
Desires Not Fulfilled
Sigmund Schlänger (Schlinger), born July 14, 1880 in Mattersdorf,
Fanny Schlinger (née Daniel), born November 16, 1889 in Kirchberg,
Son Max, born 1913
During the November Pogrom, the family was expelled from Wiener Neustadt and deported to occupied Poland on March 12, 1941, falling victim to the Shoah.
Sigmund Schlinger and his wife came to Wiener Neustadt from Sauerbrunn in 1912, settling at Kurzegasse 2. He worked at the dairy. They moved to Grübelgasse 4 in 1913, where Sigmund ran a general store during World War I and also served in the military.
He continued as a merchant and dairy dealer in the 1920s and 1930s, owned the “Milchhalle” grocery, wholesaled and retailed milk, delivered to homes. In 1913, the son Max was born—he became a tailor and lived with his parents until 1938. Early August 1938, Max left Wiener Neustadt for Vienna.
His father Sigmund last worked as a cellar-hand and cooper, likely at a wine firm. After the “Anschluss,” he aspired to emigrate with his family to Palestine, North America, or Brazil. If the family could not remain together, he wished his son might first reach a safe foreign land. Sigmund and Fanny remained in Grübelgasse 4 until October 1938, then moved to Hauptplatz 15. After their expulsion from the city, they were registered at various addresses in Vienna. On March 12, 1941, they were “deregistered to Poland,” meaning deportation.
Sigmund and Fanny became victims of the Shoah. The fate of their son Max is unknown.
Werner Sulzgruber
Ad: Sigmund Schlinger’s company (© Address Book Wiener Neustadt 1925)