Der Schweizer Poizeihauptmann rettete in den Jahren 1938-39 unmittelbar vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg bis zu 3600 Juden das Leben, indem er ihnen die Einreise in die Schweiz ermöglichte.
1939 wurde er deswegen vom Dienst suspendiert und 1940 verurteilt.
1971 wurde Paul Grüninger in die Liste der Gerechten unter den Völkern im Yad Vashem, der „Gedenkstätte der Märtyrer und Helden des Staates Israel im Holocaust“ aufgenommen.
Erst 1995, 23 Jahre nach seinem Tod, hob das Bezirksgericht St. Gallen das Urteil gegen ihn auf und sprach ihn frei.∼Swiss Police Official.
Following the 1938 Austrian Anschluss, the government of Switzerland gave orders not to allow any refugees enter its borders. As a commander in the Canton of St. Gallen, Gruninger provided falsely dated travel documents in violation to these orders, thereby allowing some 3,600 Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis in Austria to enter Switzerland. However, when his activities were discovered, he was dismissed in disgrace, convicted of fraud and sentenced to prison. Unable to find work as an ex-convict and denied of his pension rights, he died in poverty in 1972 with his heroic efforts unrecognized. In 1995, he was absolved by the district court of St. Gallen; and was also honored by Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial as one of the "Righteous among the Nations."
1939 wurde er deswegen vom Dienst suspendiert und 1940 verurteilt.
1971 wurde Paul Grüninger in die Liste der Gerechten unter den Völkern im Yad Vashem, der „Gedenkstätte der Märtyrer und Helden des Staates Israel im Holocaust“ aufgenommen.
Erst 1995, 23 Jahre nach seinem Tod, hob das Bezirksgericht St. Gallen das Urteil gegen ihn auf und sprach ihn frei.∼Swiss Police Official.
Following the 1938 Austrian Anschluss, the government of Switzerland gave orders not to allow any refugees enter its borders. As a commander in the Canton of St. Gallen, Gruninger provided falsely dated travel documents in violation to these orders, thereby allowing some 3,600 Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis in Austria to enter Switzerland. However, when his activities were discovered, he was dismissed in disgrace, convicted of fraud and sentenced to prison. Unable to find work as an ex-convict and denied of his pension rights, he died in poverty in 1972 with his heroic efforts unrecognized. In 1995, he was absolved by the district court of St. Gallen; and was also honored by Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial as one of the "Righteous among the Nations."
Der Schweizer Poizeihauptmann rettete in den Jahren 1938-39 unmittelbar vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg bis zu 3600 Juden das Leben, indem er ihnen die Einreise in die Schweiz ermöglichte.
1939 wurde er deswegen vom Dienst suspendiert und 1940 verurteilt.
1971 wurde Paul Grüninger in die Liste der Gerechten unter den Völkern im Yad Vashem, der „Gedenkstätte der Märtyrer und Helden des Staates Israel im Holocaust“ aufgenommen.
Erst 1995, 23 Jahre nach seinem Tod, hob das Bezirksgericht St. Gallen das Urteil gegen ihn auf und sprach ihn frei.∼Swiss Police Official.
Following the 1938 Austrian Anschluss, the government of Switzerland gave orders not to allow any refugees enter its borders. As a commander in the Canton of St. Gallen, Gruninger provided falsely dated travel documents in violation to these orders, thereby allowing some 3,600 Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis in Austria to enter Switzerland. However, when his activities were discovered, he was dismissed in disgrace, convicted of fraud and sentenced to prison. Unable to find work as an ex-convict and denied of his pension rights, he died in poverty in 1972 with his heroic efforts unrecognized. In 1995, he was absolved by the district court of St. Gallen; and was also honored by Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial as one of the "Righteous among the Nations."
1939 wurde er deswegen vom Dienst suspendiert und 1940 verurteilt.
1971 wurde Paul Grüninger in die Liste der Gerechten unter den Völkern im Yad Vashem, der „Gedenkstätte der Märtyrer und Helden des Staates Israel im Holocaust“ aufgenommen.
Erst 1995, 23 Jahre nach seinem Tod, hob das Bezirksgericht St. Gallen das Urteil gegen ihn auf und sprach ihn frei.∼Swiss Police Official.
Following the 1938 Austrian Anschluss, the government of Switzerland gave orders not to allow any refugees enter its borders. As a commander in the Canton of St. Gallen, Gruninger provided falsely dated travel documents in violation to these orders, thereby allowing some 3,600 Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis in Austria to enter Switzerland. However, when his activities were discovered, he was dismissed in disgrace, convicted of fraud and sentenced to prison. Unable to find work as an ex-convict and denied of his pension rights, he died in poverty in 1972 with his heroic efforts unrecognized. In 1995, he was absolved by the district court of St. Gallen; and was also honored by Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial as one of the "Righteous among the Nations."
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