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Maridl Innerhofer
Involuntarily under Resettlers
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3:45
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Ruth Deutschmann
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Benjamin Epp
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Marling
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2008-05-06
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Sylvia Manning - Baumgartner
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Nicole D´Incecco
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1939
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In the resettlement program there were South Tyroleans who had been evicted, because they had been active against fascism. They were there, I don't know, as a punishment. Or they were already on an island or something. Anyway they were being resettled. Having been evicted, they got work in the resettlement program and took over the cases of the South Tyroleans who had to be relocated. Karl Teiner was the boss, located opposite the reception area. South Tyroleans were registered at the train station, sent to the hotel Victoria to be registered, X-rayed and examined, before they were sent on. The main resettlement office was in the Serviten monastery, which had been taken over by the Nazis. The monks had been sent away and the main office was located there, in Maria Theresien street, next to the Jesuit church. We were quite desperate about being resettled, as we didn't want to be. Karl Teiner said:'"You know what, just don't go on with it, visit whoever you like and afterwards go back over the border illegally". "I won't tell anybody", he said, so that's what we did. We met again and wanted to get back in to South Tyrol illegally. We didn't get off the train at the Brenner pass, but lower down at the Brennersee (lake) or even further down. This was after Easter 1940 when many South Tyroleans who were being resettled, weren't able to get a passport, went into Germany illegally and got caught. The mood at the Brenner pass was bad at the time. They asked us at the train station already:"Where are you going?" "We Just want to go to St. Jodok or to the Brennersee" They didn't believe us. "Come with us," they commanded So again we went up to the Brenner pass, into the office,where the same officer was sitting. He said: "I knew I should have had you locked up," Then we were sent back to Innsbruck with an officer and were registered. And so we had to be resettled. This was my resettlement, my unwanted resettlement.