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Zieglerová Alice

Source: Národní archiv Praha, Policejní ředitelství v Praze – všeobecná spisovna, 1931-1940, sign. Z 1150/1

* 5. 1. 1880
AAs 616 – 20. 7. 1942, Terezín (Theresienstadt)
Dr 2477 – 15. 12. 1943, Auschwitz

Alice, née Bondyová, was born in Prague to Vít Bondy and Charlotta, née Brüllová. In May 1902 she married JUDr. Arnošt Ziegler (* 1871) in Prague. Her husband was originally from the town of Polička. The couple had three sons together – Jindřich (* 1903), Hanuš (* 1905) and Pavel (* 1908).

Arnošt Ziegler was a law graduate. He was initially employed as a clerk, but eventually worked his way up to become the Director of the Czech Escompt Bank and Credit Institution (Česká eskomptní banka a úvěrní ústav). He was a member of the Prague Golf Club. The family lived at Vrchlického sady in Prague’s New Town.

Arnošt Ziegler travelled abroad frequently on business, and he was often accompanied by his wife (mainly to European countries, but also on several trips to the USA in the 1930s).

In October 1940 submitted a Request for exemption from the scope of the government regulation on the position of Jews in public life. In it he stated that he was a retired bank manager, and that he and his wife Alice had been Lutherans since July 1914.

Like the large majority of applicants, his request for this presidential exemption was denied.

In July 1942 the Zieglers were deported to the Terezín ghetto, where Arnošt died in early January 1943. Alice was deported on the December transport to the family camp in Auschwitz, where she later died. The only available information about the Zieglers’ three sons is that the eldest, Jindřich, moved to Frankfurt am Main in 1931 after marrying, and his younger brothers both became bank clerks.

A porcelain figural match-holder belonging to Alice Zieglerová has been identified at the Sychrov chateau.

Source: Národní archiv Praha, Policejní ředitelství v Praze – všeobecná spisovna, 1931-1940, sign. Z 1150/1