DI Rudolf Kloss

Rudolf Kloss studied building after the Matura at the Realschule in Vienna at the Technical University in Vienna. In 1920 he was admitted to the Amelungia student association. After graduation as a diploma engineer in 1928, he first enters the NÖ-Landesdienst and moved to the federal service in 1933 and is appointed a government building commissioner in the Ministry of Commerce in 1934. In the 20s he organizes several pilgrimages to Rome as part of the “Academic Pilgrim”. In addition to his profession, he is Secretary General of the “New Life” in 1933–1938, the welfare institution of the VF.

Rudolf Kloss was arrested and dismissed during the night of 11.3.1938. It is then transported by the first transport, the so-called celebrity transport, to the KZ Dachau where he must remain in custody until 13.03.1939. After the arrest, he finds first employment in the Heeresbauamt and later as a civilian engineer.

After the war, he is the Head of Section and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering and Civil Engineering in the Ministry of Trade and Reconstruction, and is also involved in the reconstruction of Austria.