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| ⚫ | '''Oswald Bosko''' was a [[Vienna|Viennese]] bartender who became a sergeant in the [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|German Army]] stationed at the [[Kraków Ghetto|Jewish ghetto of Kraków]]. He supported [[Julius Madritsch]] in rescuing [[Jews]] during [[World War II]]. Bosko was postumously honored by the [[Israel|State of Israel]] as a [[Righteous Among the Nations]], meaning a non-Jew who risked his life during the [[Holocaust]] to save Jews from extermination by the [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]]. |
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'''Oswald Bosko''' was an [[Austrians|Austrian]] [[Righteous Among the Nations]]. |
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Oswald Bosko | |
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| Died | 18 September 1944 |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Known for | Righteous Among the Nations |
Oswald Bosko was a Viennese bartender who became a sergeant in the German Army stationed at the Jewish ghetto of Kraków. He supported Julius Madritsch in rescuing Jews during World War II. Bosko was postumously honored by the State of Israel as a Righteous Among the Nations, meaning a non-Jew who risked his life during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis.
Heroic deeds
In March 1943 the Nazis decided to liquidate the ghetto in Kraków and to deport all children who lived there in order to kill them. Oswald Bosko and Julius Madritsch helped hundreds of children to escape the ghetto. He also found people who were willing to house them temporarily.
After the liquidation of the ghetto Bosko looked for Jewish families that hid from the Nazis. Whoever he found he managed to bring to Madritsch's textile factory. Then he organized a rescue.
The Gestapo found out about the rescue. Bosko was arrested, accused and then killed on 18 September 1944.
External links
- Oswald Bosko – his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
- http://www.gedenkdienst.org/english/righteous/
- http://www.gedenkdienst.org/deutsch/gerechte/inhalt.php (German)
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