See also
| Husband: | Siegmund TAUSSIG (1862-1949) | |
| Wife: | Emma PAM (1869-1943) | |
| Children: | Unknown TAUSSIG (1893-aft1893) | |
| Elsa Maria TAUSSIG (1894-1975) | ||
| Theresia TAUSSIG (1897-1991) | ||
| Anny TAUSSIG (1905-1939) | ||
| Marriage | 5 Jun 1892 | |
| They spent their honeymoon in Denmark. | ||
Siegmund TAUSSIG
| Name: | Siegmund TAUSSIG | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Name Prefix: | Dr | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 22 Feb 1862 | Praschno, Aujedz Bohemia |
| Occupation | frm Apr 1914 to 12 Jan 1919 (age 52-56) | Medical Superintendant Military Hospital Baden, Austria; Baden Ausria |
| He was responsible for medical servies on the German Army Eastern Front. He left the Army with the title of Gereral in 1919. | ||
| Residence | bef 1939 (age 76-77) | Baden Ausria |
| The Nazi's did not allow Jews to live in Baden after 1939. | ||
| Deported | 1942 (age 79-80) | Theresienstadt Concentration Camp |
| Emigration | 1945 (age 82-83) | from Switzerland |
| Residence | aft 1945 (age 82-83) | Vienna Austria |
| On being forced to leave Baden they moved to a part of Vienna where Jews were allowed to settle. | ||
| Death | 19 Jun 1949 (age 87) | Vienna Austria |
Emma PAM
| Name: | Emma PAM | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Josef PAM (1836-1902) | |
| Mother: | Theresia LUSTIG ( - ) | |
| Birth | 22 Jun 1869 | Gablonz, Bohemia |
| Travel | 1908 (age 38-39) | London and Paris |
| Death | 13 Jan 1943 (age 73) | Theresienstadt Concentration Camp |
| Cause: Cold, Starvation and lack of medical aid. | ||
| Name: | Unknown TAUSSIG | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1893 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Death | aft Dec 1893 (age 0) | |
Elsa Maria TAUSSIG
| Name: | Elsa Maria TAUSSIG | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 15 Oct 1894 | Olmutz/Olomouc Moravia |
| Occupation | bef 1938 (age 43-44) | Nurse |
| Influenced by her father who was in a senior position within the Medical Services. | ||
| Occupation | bef 1938 (age 43-44) | Stamp Dealer |
| With her father Dr S.Taussig | ||
| Emigration | 1938 (age 43-44) | from London |
| Elsa's father insisted she leave Austria and move to the UK in 1938. She settled in London. Although it was suggested she make contact with the Pam's in London she did not do so. She may have felt that she would be seen as a burden without money. She worked as a housemaid and became involved in the Labour movement. In 1968 Eva Smirzitz arranged for her to return to Vienna. She died in 1975. | ||
| Residence | frm 1938 to 1968 (age 43-74) | Golders Green London |
| Naturalisation | frm 1938 to 1968 (age 43-74) | |
| Became British Subject | ||
| Residence | 1968 (age 73-74) | Vienna Austria |
| Eva Smirzitz arranged for Elsa to return to Vienna from London. | ||
| Death | 18 Jan 1975 (age 80) | Vienna Austria |
Theresia TAUSSIG
Spouse: Rudolf SMIRZITZ
| Name: | Theresia TAUSSIG | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Nickname: | Resl | |
| Spouse: | Rudolf SMIRZITZ (1894-1968) | |
| Birth | 25 Nov 1897 | Zagreb Croatia |
| Education | 1912 (age 14-15) | Art School ; Vienna Austria |
| Was living in Sarajevo at the time. | ||
| Death | 24 Oct 1991 (age 93) | Vienna Austria |
Anny TAUSSIG
| Name: | Anny TAUSSIG | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Alfred SCHLEE (1901-1997) | |
| Birth | 15 Apr 1905 | Mostar, Bosnia |
| Education | Studied Photography; Leipzig | |
| Child Count | 0 | |
| Death | Apr 1939 (age 33-34) | Vienna Austria |
| Cause: Commited Suicide | ||
Siegmund Taussig was born in 1862 in Praschno Aujezd, Bohemia, and was brought up in Budweis - now called Ceske Budejovice - where his father, having sold his farm, opened a shop selling feathers / eiderdowns. Having studied medicine and graduated in Prague he joined the Austrian army, moving from garrison to garrison within the Austrian-Hungarian Empire.
He married Emma Pam in Gablonz in 1892, they had three daughters: Elsa was born 1894, Therese in 1897 and Anny in 1905.
In 1914 having achieved the rank of General,he left Sarajevo after nine years
just a few weeks before the murderous attack on the Habsburg Crown Prince which led to World War I.
From Baden, near Vienna, his last post, he immediately received the order to set up military hospitals at the front and soon was responsible for all the Medical Services on the Eastern front. He was also appointed to reorganise the military medical services after the war, but after 1919 there was no Empire and no army.
Siegmund Taussig undertook medical research during his career. This included identifying a small fly responsible for Three Day Fever’ that effected the population of Bosnia and Croatia, his work on Scurvy resulted in the military diet being changed, research on the effects of the overactive thyroid gland (Goitre) resulted in the state adding iodine to salt. He also published guidance on infant nutrition.
In the 1920’s he set up a small stamp dealing business with his daughter Elsa .
In July 1942 he was transported together with his wife to Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, where Emma died in January 1943.
In the beginning of 1945 Heinrich Himmler, "Reichsführer der SS", sold in exchange for a certain number of trucks, 1200 Jews from Theresienstadt to a Jewish organisation operating in Switzerland, and so Siegmund Taussig arrived in February 1945 in Switzerland.
In 1948 he returned to Vienna to the family of his daughter Therese Smirzitz and died in June 1949.
This account of Siegmund Taussig's life was written by his granddaughter Eva Smirzitz.
Emma Pam Biography
Emma was born in June 1869 in Gablonz, Bohemia. In 1892 she married Siegmund Taussig a doctor of medicine in the army. They had three children. Elsa born in 1894 in Olmutz/Olomouc, Therese, born in 1897 in Agram/Zagreb , and Anny, born in 1905 in Mostar. In 1908 they travelled to London and Paris, visiting Leopold Pam’s family in London and Adele Pam in Paris. While in Paris they had the use of Adele Pam’s car and access to their private box at the Paris Opera House.
In 1914 after spending 9 years in Sarajevo Emma and her husband moved to a military posting at Baden near Vienna. Whilst there Emma made contact with the Neunkirchen Pam’s - Adele and Samuel Pam and their children. Adele and Emma became good friends.
With the rise of the Nazi regime life for the Taussig’s became increasingly difficult. In July 1942 at the age of 73, Emma was transported with her husband to Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. She died there in 1943. Her husband survived.
This information was provided by Emma Pam’s granddaughter Eva Smirzitz.
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