Dr. Ludwig Weihs

Ludwig Weihs

Personalia

Born:

August 25, 1902, Klagenfurt

Died:

September 30, 1994, Vienna

Profession:

Federal Minister and civil servant at the Federal Railways

Persecution:

Imprisonment 1938 - 1939

Memberships

K.Ö.a.V. Carinthia Klagenfurt, K.Ö.H.V. Rugia Vienna, K.Ö.St.V. Rudolfina Vienna, K.Ö.B. Ostgau Vienna, K.Ö.St.V. Tauriskia Villach, K.Ö.St.V. Carantania Klagenfurt

Curriculum Vitae

Ludwig Weihs attended secondary school in Klagenfurt and was accepted into the Karantania Klagenfurt secondary school fraternity in 1919. After graduating from high school in 1920, he went to Vienna to study civil engineering at the Technical University and became a member of the Rudolfina student fraternity in 1920. After graduating, he joined the ÖBB in 1927.

After the Anschluss, he was arrested and imprisoned until 1939. The proceedings were dropped and Ludwig Weihs was transferred first to Linz and later to Germany.

Places

Residence:

Am Hügel 10a (Villach)

Citations

Fritz, Herbert/Krause, Peter (2013): Farbe tragen, Farbe bekennen 1938–45. Katholisch Korporierte in Widerstand und Verfolgung. (ÖVfStg, 2013) S. 586.; Photo: ÖVfStg

Ludwig Weihs

Federal Minister and civil servant at the Federal Railways
* August 25, 1902
Klagenfurt
† September 30, 1994
Vienna
Detention