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Nelly Mautner Urbach

Vienna, Austria

1931 - 2024
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Photos & Documents

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Julius and Ernestine Roubiček.
Hella and Leo, the year they were married. 1923, Vienna.
The Sanitorium Himmelhof. Vienna.
Hella with her first child, Boby, who died of leukemia. 1925, Vienna.
Willy pushing Nelly in the carriage. 1933, Vienna.
Willy and Nelly. 1934, Vienna.
Willy and Nelly on a sled. 1934, Vienna.
Nelly Mautner, 1935.
Hella skiing with Nelly and Willy. 1937.
US Immigrant Identification Card. 03/09/1939
Highland Terrace Gardens. Stood where the Highland Towers is now, in Birmingham.
Nelly Mautner.
Wedding to Stuart Urbach. 1952, Highland Garden Terrace, Birmingham.
Nelly Mautner Urbach. 2021.

Profile

Name in US
Nelly Mautner Urbach
Name at Birth
Nelly Mautner
Married Name
Nelly Mautner Urbach
Date of Birth

02/21/1931

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

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

Spouse(s)

Stuart Urbach
(07/08/1929 New York, NY – 08/1965 Silver Springs, MD)
Married 1952 in Birmingham, AL

Paul A. Caldwell
(Died 2010)
Married 1978

Children

Lynn Ellen Urbach (Spouse: Jerrold “Jerry” Steven Olshan)
(Born 1961 Silver Springs, MD)

Jeffrey “Jeff” Stuart Urbach (Spouse: Janet Leah Kahn)
(Born 1963 Silver Springs, MD)

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

1939-1949

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham
Date and City of Death
09/13/2024 Bethesda, MD
City of Burial / Cemetery
Idylwood, VA / King David Memorial Garden
US Sponsor for Immigration

Sponsored by her 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
Dates Lived in Alabama

1939-1949

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham
Date and City of Death
09/13/2024 Bethesda, MD
City of Burial / Cemetery
Idylwood, VA / King David Memorial Garden
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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