Dr. Alois Amann

Alois Amann attended the Franziskanergymnasium in Bolzano, where he graduated with honors in 1921. Because he subsequently began studying law in Innsbruck without having completed his military service in Italy, a warrant was issued for his arrest on charges of desertion, and as a result, he was barred from visiting his homeland for years. It was only through the intervention of Federal Chancellor Ignaz Seipel that the matter was resolved, and Alois Amann was granted Austrian citizenship. In 1921, he was admitted to the Austria Innsbruck fraternity.

He earned his doctorate in 1925 and opened a law practice in Bad Ischl.

In 1938, he was detained for several weeks. When he was drafted into the Wehrmacht, he faced a choice: to serve as a military judge with the rank of major or to be deployed as an ordinary soldier on the Eastern Front. He chose the Eastern Front, became a lance corporal, and escaped from Russian captivity through a daring escape during which he was wounded.

After the war, he resumed his legal practice and also served as an ÖVP municipal council member.