Ministerialrat Dr. Viktor Kolassa

Viktor Kolassa

Personalia

Born:

February 5, 1880, Gliwice

Died:

October 18, 1962, Vienna

Profession:

Civil servant and politician

Persecution:

Imprisonment 02.11.1938 - 30.03.1939,
Imprisonment 23.08.1944 - 06.10.1944

Memberships

K.Ö.H.V. North Gau Vienna, K.Ö.H.V. Alpine country Vienna, K.Ö.H.V. Pannonia Vienna, Ö.k.a.V. Rhaeto-Danubia Vienna, K.D.St.V. North Gau (Prague, Stuttgart) Koblenz

Curriculum Vitae

Viktor Kolassa, born in Gleiwitz, goes to Vienna after the Matura and becomes a member of the student association in 1900. Nordgau Vienna. In 1926, he is appointed as the head of the academic section of the union of Christian employees in public service. 1929–1934 he is the last Secretary General of the Christian-Social Party. In 1930 he was elected second president of the Viennese Landtag. With the mandate of the CSP, he is a member of the National Council in 1932–1934.

After that he was arrested twice in March 1938 and then arrested from 2.11.1938 to 30.3.1939. After the unfortunate attack on Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944, he will be arrested again from 23.8. to 6.10.1944 Police prison Elisabethpromenade imprisoned.

Places

Residence:

Citations

  • Fritz, Herbert/Krause, Peter (2013): Farbe tragen, Farbe bekennen 1938–45. Katholisch Korporierte in Widerstand und Verfolgung. (ÖVfStG, 2013), p. 376.

Photo: ÖVfStG

Viktor Kolassa

Civil servant and politician
* February 5, 1880
Gliwice
† October 18, 1962
Vienna
Detention