Alexander Flack was born in Vienna as a son of Mathilda (nee Fuchs) and Josef Flack; marries Grete (nee Krämer); mutual daughter Ilse; after the Anschluss of Austria flight to France. In September 1942, he was detained and deported to Drancy (Ile-de-France); later Auschwitz; dies in Auschwitz; daughter Ilse manages to flee to Israel. Ernestine “Erna” (nee Rosenzweig) marries Emil Flack, the oldest one of the Flack siblings; mutual children Alfred (1911) and Susanne (later on Rosenfeld); after the Anschluss of Austria her husband flees to France where he dies in the detention camp Les Milles (Bouches-du-Rhone). In August 1942 Erna is deported from Vienna to Theresienstadt. In May 1944 she is transferred to Auschwitz and dies there. Both of her children manage to escape to the US.
This film is featured in the Ephemeral Films Project: National Socialism in Austria. Watch the historic film through an innovative film player showing contemporary images, geographical mapping, and shot-level analysis at efilms.ushmm.org.
Includes: Erika Flack, Gertrude Flack, Peter Flack, Susanne Flack, Alexander Flack, Erna Flack, Hans Flack, Emil Flack, Alfred Flack, Mathide Flack, Annie Flack, and Johann Flack.
The Flack family in Vienna before the Holocaust