Ruth Deutschmann

Benjamin Epp

Innsbruck

2008-05-01

1943

And then the big event has come, the first attack on Innsbruck. That was on 15 December 1943. Yes, there was '43. Innsbruck and were not prepared, did not go into the basement. There were very many deaths. The house of my grandparents in the Maria Theresa road was reduced to rubble. Who was not in the cellar, was dead An aunt of mine, a great-aunt, a cousin of the mother, a maid - were dead, it was a coincidence that an uncle degree from the front was at home and has said over lunch: "Quick to the basement, which is not a flak." The flak, were the anti-aircraft guns, which have always crashed at every alarm. Because the planes are flying over to Munich, Innsbruck, and there we have tried to shoot them. And he added but said: "This is not now flak, but the bombs are." Since you have previously heard such a ringing, and it has just crashed. Then they are all down in the basement. And the basement has held in the Maria Theresa Street. This is the house vis-à-vis the Servite, where is now the non-stop cinema, has heard my grandparents and their siblings, and it was completely broken. The grandparents then come to us. It was a shock to our family and for the whole city of Innsbruck.