(A)Lois Weinberger

Lois Weinberger was born in Markt Einsenstein/Bohemia [Zelezna Ruda] and attended the Salesian grammar school in Vienna in 1916, but then transferred to the boys' seminary in Hollabrunn. After graduating from high school, he began studying political science and economics at the University of Vienna as a working student, but did not complete his studies.

He became involved in the "Christian German Student Union [CDSB]", where he met Felix Hurdes. Together with him, he laid the foundations for the later ÖVP during the war. In 1929 he became Secretary of the Austrian Christian Trade Unions and in 1934 Chairman of the Employees' Union in the Financial, Credit and Insurance Institutions. He was also a member of the Federal Economic Council (1935-1938) and the Leadership Council of the VF (1936-1938) as well as Vice President of the Employees' Insurance Institute (1935-1938).

After the Anschluss, Lois Weinberger lost all of his functions and tried his hand as the sales manager of a furniture company, among other things. In close contact with like-minded friends in the illegal Christian trade union movement, he set up a resistance group that would later prepare the foundation of a new unified Christian workers' movement. After the assassination attempt of 20 July 1944, Ernst Kaltenbrunner issued a protective custody order for him on 14 October 1944 because he was "acting in a highly treacherous manner for an illegal secret organization" - according to the justification. Through contacts with Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Lois Weinberger was intended to be a member of the newly formed government. He was arrested on September 20, 1944 and, after interrogation by the Gestapo, transferred to the Mauthausen concentration camp

After the war, Lois Weinberger is one of the co-founders of the ÖVP and the Austrian Workers' and Employees' Federation [ÖAAB], he is also involved in the founding of the ÖGB and is its Vice President in 1945/46. He later moved into local politics, becoming Deputy Mayor of Vienna and the city councillor responsible for public health and, until his death, a member of the Vienna State Parliament and a member of the city council.