Julius Oswald Czerwenka

Julius Oswald Czerwenka is born in Vienna as the illegitimate son of the maid Marie Jäger. His father Oswald Czerwenka acknowledges his paternity, which is why Julius is given his surname. After primary and secondary school, he completes an apprenticeship as a bricklayer. Between August 1914 and November 1918, he served in the k.u.k. Pioneer Battalion No. 8 in the First World War and disarmed as a private. He then worked as a bricklayer and foreman for various construction companies. On May 7, 1934, he joined the municipality of Vienna as a canal worker and married Maria Nagy.

In the interwar period, Julius Oswald joined the Austrian Heimatschutz and spoke out against National Socialism.

Julius Czerwenka is then asked to join the NSDAP and SA, which he refuses. As a result, he was immediately dismissed without notice on January 3, 1939, without a probationary period.

Julius Czerwenka was not drafted into the Wehrmacht and lived unemployed in Vienna. In April and May 1945, he witnessed the liberation of Austria and the re-establishment of the Republic. On October 5, 1945, he was rehabilitated and returned to work for the municipality of Vienna as a canal worker. He joins the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the Gewerkschaft and the ÖVP-Kameradschaft der politisch Verfolgten und Bekenner für Österreich.