Wilhelm “Willy” Reitsch (1878-1945)

Wilhelm “Willy” Reitsch

Birth

21 Aug 1878

Posen, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thüringen, Germany

Death

3 May 1945 (aged 66)

Salzburg Stadt, Salzburg, Austria

Burial

Kommunalfriedhof der Stadt Salzburg

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Reitsch Family Grave

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World War II civilian casualty. During the night of 3 May 1945, after hearing a rumor that all refugees were to be taken back to their original homes in the Soviet occupation zone, Willy Reitsch shot and killed his wife Emy, daughter Heidi and her three children, before turning the gun on himself.

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Emy Helff-Hibler von Alpenheim Reitsch

1879–1945

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Emy Helff-Hibler von Alpenheim Reitsch

Hanna Reitsch

Heidi Reitsch Macholz

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