Hedy Dicker

     Hedwig Dicker was born on 15 May 1917, in Vienna, Austria. Hedy Dicker was given the name Hedwig at birth. But was known as Hedi when she was growing up and Hedy after she came to America.² She lived with her parents at Hofzeile 16, Vienna, Austria.³ Hedy attended the Schneider Academy (academy for dressmaking) and earned a Master's certificate from this school in design and dress making.⁴ She married Kurt Reinfeld, son of Wilhelm Reinfeld and Regina Brüll, on Sunday, 10 July 1938 in Vienna, Austria. After the German Anschluss of Austria Kurt and Hedy went into hiding outside of Vienna.⁴ April 1939 (after the German Anschluss of Austria) she was able to leave Austria having received a visa for England. She worked there as a parlor maid for a wealthy elderly couple in Guilford, Sussex for several months and then as a governess and seamstress in London.⁴ In Dec 1939 Kurt and Hedy finally received their visas for America and on the 30th of that month they sailed to on the ship "Britannic" arriveing on the 10th of January 1940. On the official entry documents they both indicated they could read English and that the closest relative was father-in-law, Nicholas Dicker, living at Schulerstrasse 22 (or 21) in Vienna. They had $180 (which was about average of what other immigrants had). Their contact was a cousin, Leo Rosenman, who lived at 61 (or 67) 2nd Street, Huntington Station, NY. After a two week stay they traveled by bus to Pittsburgh.^4,5 Hedy was a devoted wife, mother, homemaker, dressmaker, cook, baker, etc, who was loved and admired by everyone who knew her.⁴ Hedy Dicker died on 25 June 2000 in Pittsburgh, PA, at age 83. The cause of her death was probably Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.¹ An obituary was published on 28 June 2000.⁶ To view the notice, please click here. To view the notice, please click here.