Ilse Brüll

Ilse Brüll (1925–1942) was an Austrian-Jewish girl killed at Auschwitz who became a symbol in Austria for young girls murdered by Nazis in the Holocaust.

Life Born on April 28, 1925, in Innsbruck, Austria to an assimilated Jewish family, her parents were Rudolf Brüll (1887-1957) a furniture manufacturer, and Julie Brüll (née Steinharter 1894–1971).

When Austria merged with Nazi Germany in the Anschluss of 1938, the Brüll family, like all families of Jewish heritage, were persecuted by the Nazis. Jews were forced out of professions and their property stolen through "Aryanization" (the forced transfer to non-Jews) or outright seizure. Brüll's schooling ended in November 1938 due to the Nazi's anti-Jewish pogrom known as Kristallnacht. Her family was beaten.

Her family tried unsuccessfully to emigrate.

Commemorations

A was laid for her in 2004. Commemorative projects honor her memory.