| Born: | 11-18-1914 |
| Faculty: | Philosophical School |
| Category: | Expelled student |
Marie HACKER (married KLAUSNER), born on November 18th, 1914 in Prague/Czechoslovakia [Praha/Czech Republic] (entitled residency ("heimatberechtigt") for Vienna/Austria, Citizenship: Austria), daughter of Erwin Hacker (merchant), lived since 1932 in Vienna's 4th district, Johann-Strauss-Gasse 36. She had passed the school-leaving examination (Matura) at the Realgymnasium in Vienna and in 1933/34 completed a course at the Handelsakademie in Vienna's 1st district and in the fall term of 1935/36 she began to study at the University of Vienna, taking courses in history and art history as well as in German studies, philosophy and pedagogy. She was enrolled at last in the fall term of 1937/38 at the Philosophical School in the 3rd year of her studies and took courses in history and art history.
In 1938, after the takeover of power of National-Socialism she was forced to quit her studies for racist reason and to leave the University of Vienna.
In addition to her studies, she had worked as a private official in the Herbert Reichner publishing house (Vienna's 6th district, Strohmayergasse 6), which published bibliophile and literary books and also published Stefan Zweig and Elias Canetti, among others. On March 12th, 1938, the day of the "Anschluss" she married the electrical engineer Hans Edgar Klausner in Vienna-Margareten, (b. March 3rd, 1912 in Vienna as the son of Emanuel and Maria Klausner, née Auslaender)
Marie and Hans Edgar Klausner had to flee Austria and were able to leave in time for England and from there emigrated on March 26th, 1938 with the SS Ormonde from London/Great Britain to Australia where they arrived in Fremantel on April 26th and then continued to Sydney where they lived for the time being in Dugald Rd, Mosman N.S.W.. In Vienna Hans Edgar and Marie Klausner were deregistered from their previous residential address to "unknown" at the end of March.
Little is known so far about her further life.
The exhibition "Ausgegrenzt, Vertrieben, Ermordet" (January 22nd - May 14th, 2010) at the Department of History of Art of the University of Vienna was dedicated to the memory of Marie Hacker and 20 other former students of the University of Vienna focused on art history.
Lit.: Archive of the University of Vienna / enrollment forms ("Nationale ") PHIL 1937-1938; National Archives of Australia / Inward passenger manifests for ships and aircrafts arriving at Fremantle 1897-1963 / K 269 / roll number 84; The National Archives in Kew, Surrey, England / BT27 Board of Trade / Commercial and Statistical Department and Successors / Outwards Passenger Lists / Series BT27-141866; POSCH/INGRISCH/DRESSEL 2008, 399; Exhibition "Ausgegrenzt, Vertrieben, Ermordet" 2010; www.ancestry.de.
Herbert Posch
