Helmut Irblich (born 7 June 1930 in Jägerndorf rnov Czechoslovakia) is a German architect and building contractor in Schweinfurt. In 1989 he was awarded the

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for his diverse social engagement and in particular for his services to the promotion of commercial vocational training. He received another honor in 2011 from the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs for his life's work, especially for his services to the economic development of the Schweinfurt region. Helmut Irblich is a witness of the rescue of the Synagogue of Jägerndorf (Krnov) in 1938 by his father Franz Irblich from the destruction ordered by the Nazi regime in the Reichspogromnacht. He is engaged since the 1990s in Czech-German-Jewish dialogue and cooperation in his hometown of Jägerndorf / Krnov.Wilfried Heller (Hg.): ''Jüdische Spuren im ehemaligen

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'', London/Berlin 2019, S. 157–164

Literature

* Konrad Badenheuer, Wilfried Heller: Notiz zur Rettung der Synagoge von Jägerndorf (Krnov) otice on how the Jägerndorf (Krnov) Synagugue was Saved; in German In: Wilfried Heller (Hrsg.): Jüdische Spuren im ehemaligen

ewish Relicts in the former Sudetenland

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, London/ Berlin 2019, , S. 157–164 * Helmut Irblich: ''Die Synagoge von Jägerndorf'' he Krnov Synagogue Schweinfurt 2001; 2nd edition 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Irblich, Helmut 1930 births People from Schweinfurt People from Krnov 20th-century German architects Living people Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Sudeten German people