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Leo Mautner

Brno, Austria-Hungary

1891 - 1944
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Hermine Toch Mautner with her children Leo and Irma. Brno.
Leo Mautner, 1923.
Hermine Toch Mautner and granddaughter Lilli Svobodová with Hella and Leo Mautner. 1923.
Hella and Leo, the year they were married. 1923, Vienna.
Hella wedding photo. 1923, Prague.
The Sanitorium Himmelhof. Vienna.
The Himmelhof, public space. Vienna.
The Himmelhof dining room.
Hella with her first child, Boby, who died of leukemia. 1925, Vienna.
Willy and Nelly. 1934, Vienna.
Hella skiing with Nelly and Willy. 1937.
Highland Terrace Gardens. Stood where the Highland Towers is now, in Birmingham.

Profile

Name in US
Dr. Leo Mautner
Name at Birth
Leo Mautner
Date of Birth

03/03/1891

Country of Birth
Austria-Hungary
City of Birth

Brno

Parents

Hermine Toch
(01/15/1870 Mikulov, Austria-Hungary – 1941)

Gustav Mautner
(1863 Nový Bydžov, Austrian Empire – 1906)

Sibling(s)

Irma Mautner (Spouse: Karel Svoboda)
(02/14/1892 Brno, Austria-Hungary – 1942 Warsaw Ghetto)
Transported to Warsaw 04/25/1942.

  • Lilli “Lilly” Svobodová
    (Spouse 1: Eugen “Jenö” Sonnefeld, 1907-1942 Auschwitz; Spouse 2: Alexander Kopecky, married 1946)
    (07/24/1914 Brno, Austria-Hungary – 09/26/2005 Los Angeles)
    Auschwitz Tattoo #8482
    – Book: In the Shadow of the Flames
    – See Also: Secretaries of Death by Lore Shelley
Spouse(s)

Helena Roubičková (Hella Roubicek Mautner)
(09/06/1896 Prague, Austria-Hungary – 11/02/1983 Arlington, VA)
Married December 9, 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

1939-1944

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham
Date and City of Death
09/02/1944 Birmingham
City of Burial / Cemetery
Birmingham / Temple Emanu-El Cemetery
US Sponsor for Immigration

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

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

1939-1944

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham
Date and City of Death
09/02/1944 Birmingham
City of Burial / Cemetery
Birmingham / Temple Emanu-El Cemetery
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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