Charlotte was born in 1896 in Thomasroith, a village in the municipality of Ottnang am Hausruck. She married after the First World War. Charlotte and Josef Taitl moved to Ried in 1919. The couple sold leather goods and scrap. Times became increasingly anti-Semitic and nationalistic, and the Taitls felt the impact of this. In 1938 Austria was annexed by the German Reich. Charlotte was Jewish, and their competition forced them to close down the business. The Taitls were only permitted to sell scrap. Charlotte had to withdraw completely.  Her friends persuaded her to celebrate her silver wedding in a neighbouring guesthouse on 28th August 1943. As a consequence, she was denounced for consorting with those of German blood and arrested.

Charlotte Taitl was murdered on 16th October 1944 in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

The Charlotte Taitl house has been an education centre and memorial since 2017. It is dedicated to the 196 victims so far known to have been murdered by National Socialism and Fascism in the district of Ried.

The exhibition is accessible and interactive, and can be viewed free of charge during town library opening hours.

Opening hours are

Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 5 pm;

Saturday from 9 am to 12 pm

The town library and the exhibition are closed on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays.