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Willy Mautner

Vienna, Austria

1927 - 1996
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Photos & Documents

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Julius and Ernestine Roubiček.
Hella and Leo, the year they were married. 1923, Vienna.
Hella wedding photo. 1923, Prague.
The Sanitorium Himmelhof. 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. 1934, Vienna.
Willy and Nelly on a sled. 1934, Vienna.
Hella skiing with Nelly and Willy. 1937.
Highland Terrace Gardens. Stood where the Highland Towers is now, in Birmingham.
Willy Mautner, US Army.

Profile

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

02/24/1927

Country of Birth
Austria
City of Birth

Vienna

Parents

Hella Roubiček
(09/06/1896 Prague, Austria-Hungary – 11/02/1983 Arlington, VA)

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

Married 12/09/1923 in Prague

Sibling(s)

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

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

Spouse(s)

Norma Ham
(11/03/1927 Anniston, AL – 11/26/2022 Middletown, NY)
Married 09/03/1950 in Birmingham, AL

Children

Henry G. Mautner
(03/1963 –  10/18/1989 San Francisco)
Buried Birmingham, AL

Polly Mautner (Spouse #1: Ken Fitzpatrick; Spouse #2: Guy Singh)
(born 1966)

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

1939-1945

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham
Date and City of Death
06/21/1996 New Milford, NY
City of Burial / Cemetery
Birmingham / Elmwood Cemetery
US Sponsor for Immigration

Sponsored by his Uncle, Josef “Roby/Pepo” Roubiček, who had been in Birmingham since 1926.

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
March 9, 1939 / SS Veendam / New York City
US Military Service

US Army
09/26/1945 – 01/26/1947

Dates Lived in Alabama

1939-1945

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham
Date and City of Death
06/21/1996 New Milford, NY
City of Burial / Cemetery
Birmingham / Elmwood 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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