A street in the new quarter Dobelhalde was named after the Christian Adventist Reformer sister Elise Weindl (1891-1975) in the German town of Memmingen on July 23, 2019, because of her help in hiding five persons who were persecuted during the Second War Two, www.kurierverlag.de reported. In addition, the mayor of Memmingen gave a reception in honor of the Christian Adventist Reformer sister Elise Weindl. Grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Elise Weindl attended the event. According to the article written by Helmut and Anita Welker and published in issue 3 / 2019 of the Christian magazine Sabatwaechter, years later Elise Weindl was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, but she refused to accept the prize, because “the glory belongs to God”. On May 12, 1981, her daughter Erna Jordan received the Federal Cross of Merit.
According to www.kurierverlag.de, Elise Weindl became Christian Adventist Reformer in 1920, but since 1936 the Seventh Day Adventist Church– Reform Movement – was forbidden by the national-socialist Government in Germany. According to Sabatwaechter, among the persons saved by Elise Weindl during the Second War Two were the brother in the faith Martin Friebe, as well as the Schreiner family, including the husband Otto, the wife Grete and their two-month – old child.
Grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Elise Weindl just before the street label in the quarter Dobelhalde;
photo by Manuela Frieß.
Written by Margarit Zhekov
