Hermine Was Not Allowed to Die as an Austrian

The South Tyrolean Hermine Aloisia Mayr fought for the Austrian passport until her last breath. Now she died in 107. The high politics showed deaf ears for the last "catacomb teacher", as women were called, who taught German to children south of the Brenner. When Hermine Aloisia Mayr (witweed Orian) was born on 23 April 1919 in the romantic village of Kurtatsch on the Weinstraße into a peasant family, South Tyrol was occupied by Italian troops, …

It would have been the South Tyrolean's greatest desire to preserve Austrian citizenship. She became known as the last living catacomb teacher who, during the period of Italian fascism in the 1930s and early 1940s, secretly taught German in so-called catacomb schools. The official Austria, first and foremost Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen (Greens), let her down until the last time. She died on 15 May. Hermine Orian, born on 23 April …

One of the probably first "catacomb teachers" of South Tyrol, Hermine Mayr, died recently. She actually wanted to die as an Austrian, but she was not allowed to do so. Hermine Mayr from Kurtatsch in South Tyrol became 106 years old before she closed her eyes for the last time. However, her story began on 23 April 1919, when South Tyrol was still part of German Austria, so she was born as an Austrian. Mayr wanted to die as an Austrian A few years…

She secretly taught children German, defied fascists and asked for the red-white-red passport throughout her life. Now Hermine Mayr died at the age of 106 – as an Austrian in her heart, but without recognition from the state. An obituary. This post Hermine Mayr The 106-year-old patriot, who was not allowed to die as an Austrian, was published on Junge Freiheit.