At a public conference in May 2005, a friend of the Polsterer family described the people who stole the Nestroyhof from Anna Stein as “resistance fighters”. The Regional Direction (Gauleitung) of the Nazi Party, however, was of a different opinion. The documents listed below show how the Nazi leadership perceived the character and collaboration of each of the five “Aryanizers” of the Nestroyhof before they took possession of it in their successful quest for Jewish property.

• Alfred Polsterer




• Ernst Polsterer




• Ludwig Polsterer




• Richard Polsterer




• Rudolf Polsterer

THE DYBBUK IN THE NESTROYHOF - A DOCUDRAMA OF OUR TIMES

Ludwig Polsterer


Personnel Office
Department of Political Assessment
Wasagasse 10, Vienna IX,

To the
Direction of the District Office of the NSDAP Vienna
Personnel Office
Main Office for Political Assessment, Parliament, Vienna I.

Regarding: Political Assessment

Name: Ludwig Polsterer
Birthdate: Jan. 31, 1890
Place: Enzersdorf an der Fischa
Place of Residence: Enzersdorf an der Fischa

The above named was formerly a follower of the previous system without never having acted, however, against the NSDAP. He currently supports the National Socialist state, is generous with his financial contributions, and is member of the NSV (Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt / National Socialist Society of Social Welfare) and the DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront / German Labour Front).