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.

[1] 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).

[4] Brüll's schooling ended in November 1938 due to the Nazi's anti-Jewish pogrom known as Kristallnacht.

[2] In April 1939 her family tried to save her and her cousin Inge by putting the girls on a Kindertransport to the Netherlands.

She found refuge in a convent for several years, However, in 1942, her hiding place was discovered and she was deported to the Westerbork transit camp and in August of the same year she was transported to Auschwitz, where, according to witnesses, she was murdered on September 3, 1942.