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Hella Roubicek Mautner

Prague, Austria-Hungary

1896 - 1983
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“I didn’t have time to reminisce or feel sorry for myself. I had to worry about educating my children and making a living.”  

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Julius Roubiček. 1890.
Julius and Ernestine Roubiček.
Julius Roubiček. 1908, Prague.
Ermestine Popper Roubičková. 1924, Prague.
Ernestine Popper Roubičková with Hella, Ada, and Pepo. 1900, Prague.
Hella, Pepo, and Ada. 1903, Prague.
Hella in first or second grade (first row, third from left). 1903, Prague.
Hella. 1910, Prague.
Hella. 1911, Prague.
Popper Family Photo, 1912. Hella is back row, 4th from left. Her mother Ernestine is middle row, fifth from left.
Hella. Date unknown.
Hella's sister, Adéla “Ada/Alice” Roubičková. 1924. Murdered in Lodz, 1941, along with her husband, Artur Steinhauer, and two children.
Leo Mautner, 1923.
Hella wedding photo. 1923, Prague.
Hella wedding photo. 1923, Prague.
Hella and Leo, the year they were married. 1923, Vienna.
The Sanitorium Himmelhof. Vienna.
The Himmelhof dining room.
The Himmelhof, public space. Vienna.
Hella with her first child, Boby, who died of leukemia. 1925, Vienna.
Willy. 1931, Vienna.
Willy pushing Nelly in the carriage. 1933, Vienna.
Willy and Nelly on a sled. 1934, Vienna.
Willy and Nelly. 1934, Vienna.
Hella skiing with Nelly and Willy. 1937.
Hella's passport, inside cover. Dated August 27, 1938.
Hella's passport, first pages. Dated August 27, 1938.
Hella's Tax Clearance Certificate. August 25, 1938.
Original location of Highland Terrace Gardens. The Birmingham News, 11/14/1949.
Highland Terrace Gardens. Stood where the Highland Towers is now, in Birmingham.
New location of Highland terrace Gardens. The Birmingham News, April 27, 1952.

Profile

Name in US
Hella Mautner
Name at Birth
Helena “Hella” Roubičková
Married Name
Hella Roubicek Mautner
Date of Birth

09/06/1896

Country of Birth
Austria-Hungary
City of Birth

Prague

Parents

Arnŏstka (Ernestine, “Tina”) Popper
(06/01/1869 Královice, Austria-Hungary – 10/22/1942 Treblinka)

Julius Roubiček
(0/30/1870 Prague, Austria-Hungary – ?)

Married 03/24/1895 Prague, Austria-Hungary.
Divorced 1909.

Sibling(s)

Josef “Roby/Pepo” Roubiček (Spouse #1: Leta Beitman; Spouse #2: Beatrice Bundy Cole)
(01/28/1898 Prague, Austria-Hungary – 12/1981 New York City)
To US 1923; To Birmingham 1926.

Adéla “Ada/Alice” Roubičková (Spouse: Dr. Artur Steinhauer)
(03/29/1899 Prague, Austria-Hungary – after 1941 Lodz)
Deported to Lodz Ghetto 10/21/1941 with her husband and 2 children, Tomáš (age 5) and Eva (age 8).
All murdered by the Nazis.

Spouse(s)

Dr. Leo Mautner
(03/03/1891 Brno, Austria-Hungary – 09/02/1944 Birmingham, AL)
Married 12/09/1923 in Prague.

Children

Boby Mautner
(1925 Vienna, Austria – 1928 Vienna, Austria)
Died from leukemia

William “Willy” Mautner (Spouse: Norma Ham)
(02/24/1927 Vienna, Austria – 06/21/1996 New York City)

Nelly Mautner (Spouse #1: Stuart Urbach; Spouse #2: Paul A. Caldwell)
(02/21/1931 Vienna, Austria – 9/13/2024 Bethesda, MD)

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Reform Jewish
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Reform Jewish
Dates Lived in Alabama

1939-1983

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham
Date and City of Death
11/02/1983 Arlington, VA
City of Burial / Cemetery
None: her memoir “Hella” is her only memorial
US Sponsor for Immigration

Sponsored by Josef “Roby/Pepo” Roubiček, Hella’s brother, who had been in Birmingham since 1926.

Hella, in turn, sponsored her nephew, Robert “Bobby” Steinhauer, to come to Birmingham after the war; the remainder of his family perished.

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
March 9, 1939 / SS Veendam / New York City
Dates Lived in Alabama

1939-1983

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham
Date and City of Death
11/02/1983 Arlington, VA
City of Burial / Cemetery
None: her memoir “Hella” is her only memorial
Memoirs / Books

Hella by Nelly Mautner Urbach and Willy Mautner
A family memoir.

Memoirs of Hella Mautner / June 1980 / Birmingham Memory Bank Project

Additional Resources

Leo Baeck Institute | Hella Mautner Collection (AR 10299)
https://archives.cjh.org/repositories/5/resources/14414

US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Mautner and Steinhauer Family Papers
(Accession No. 2020.386.1)
https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn761942
Includes family photo album created by Artur Steinhauer.
Collection is currently not digitized.

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