Dr. Rudolf Mangutsch

After graduating from "Stella Matutina" in Feldkirch in 1921, Rudolf Mangutsch began studying law, which he completed in 1925 with a doctorate in law. After practicing in court, he joined the Tyrolean provincial government in 1927. He later worked in the Presidium and in the district authorities of Innsbruck and Lienz as well as the provincial police station and was appointed head of the district authority in Reutte in Tyrol in 1935.

After the Anschluss, he was arrested, had to endure abuse and was suspended from duty after his release. He then earned his living as an office worker and unskilled laborer until he was drafted into military service in 1941. After the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944, he was imprisoned again.